Engineering Manager

Description:

Are you an experienced Engineering Manager with a background in electronics product development and New Product Introduction (NPI)?

Do you enjoy leading engineering teams, delivering innovative products from concept to production and developing high-performing engineers?

We're supporting a leading engineering and technology business who are looking to recruit an Engineering Manager to lead the delivery of innovative high-voltage power supply products.

What's the role all about?

As the Engineering Manager, you'll lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for delivering high-quality New Product Introduction (NPI) and sustaining engineering projects.

Working closely with the Chief Engineer, Commercial teams and customers, you'll ensure engineering projects are delivered on time, to specification and ready for manufacture.

This is a leadership role where you'll balance technical delivery, people development and continuous improvement while creating a high-performance engineering culture.

Key responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

Lead, mentor and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team

Manage performance, coaching, recruitment and succession planning

Create a collaborative, accountable and high-performing engineering culture

Establish engineering best practices including design reviews, documentation and change control

Balance engineering resource across NPI, sustaining engineering and value engineering activities
New Product Introduction (NPI)

Lead projects from concept through to production launch

Manage project planning, delivery schedules and engineering resources

Oversee stage-gate reviews, project governance and risk management

Ensure Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) principles are embedded throughout development

Support successful product industrialisation and production readiness
Customer & Commercial Collaboration

Work closely with customers and commercial teams to define product requirements

Translate customer needs into engineering deliverables and project plans

Present project updates, technical solutions and delivery plans to stakeholders

Build long-term customer confidence through clear communication and technical leadership
Sustaining Engineering & Continuous Improvement

Lead engineering activities relating to product improvements, cost reduction and obsolescence management

Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions

Support Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) initiatives

Promote continuous improvement across engineering processes and product development
What you'll need

To succeed in this role, you'll bring:

Proven experience leading an electronics engineering team

Strong track record delivering New Product Introduction (NPI) projects

Experience managing engineering projects from concept through to production

Strong stakeholder management skills with customer-facing experience

Excellent leadership, coaching and people development abilities

Strong project planning and resource management skills

Ability to balance technical delivery with commercial priorities
Technical experience

You'll ideally have experience with:

Analogue electronics

High voltage power supplies

Control loops and power supply stability

Electronics product development

Design verification and validation

Engineering change control

Manufacturing and production support
Desirable

Experience within scientific instrumentation or high-performance electronic products

Knowledge of embedded systems and digital control

Experience working within regulated or safety-critical industries

Understanding of stage-gate product development processes

Exposure to compliance and product certification requirements
About you

You're an inspiring engineering leader who enjoys developing people while delivering technically challenging projects.

You'll be:

A confident communicator

Commercially aware

Technically credible

Organised and proactive

Collaborative and approachable

Passionate about engineering excellence and continuous improvement
Why join?

This is an excellent opportunity to lead an experienced engineering team within an innovative technology business developing cutting-edge electronic products for global customers.

You'll have the opportunity to shape engineering capability, influence product development strategy and play a key role in delivering the next generation of high-performance technologies.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Engineering Manager, Electronics Engineering Manager, NPI Manager or Technical Manager looking for your next leadership opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion.

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