Associate Principal Litigation Engineer - Internal Only

Dyson Institute; Malmesbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute is seeking a technically rigorous engineer to join its Product Litigation team. Open to Dyson employees only, the role focuses on leading technical investigations, coordinating product performance testing and forming clear technical opinions on competitor advertising claims and potential IP infringements.

You will present evidence in court or administrative proceedings when required, collaborate with internal experts and external testing teams, and deliver impactful reports to

Qualifications

• 3+ years? experience as an engineer in a product or tech environment.
• Ability to present complex technical issues to senior stakeholders.
• Comfort engaging with legal teams and providing technical evidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead competitor product testing and technical investigations.
• Provide written and/or oral technical evidence for court or administrative proceedings.
• Coordinate testing with internal and external experts.
• Deliver regular reports to Dyson’s Product Litigation team and stakeholders.

Skills

Technical investigations

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Independent working

Job description

The role is open for Dyson employees only.

About The Role

Day-to-day responsibility for the following areas of Product Litigation activity:

• Leading technical investigations and providing technical expertise and opinions on the veracity of competitor advertising claims, and to support the assessment of potential IP infringement.
• Coordinating product performance testing and obtaining technical opinions to meet litigation needs.
• Providing technical/subject expertise to support the legal response to competitor activity.

Accountabilities Operational

• Lead and manage competitor product testing and technical investigations to inform assessment of product performance and potential IP infringements – design, instruct, coordinate, track and record internal and external testing and investigations of competitor products.
• Act as a trusted advisor on technical matters – contextualise and provide clear views to support stakeholders to understand test results, technical aspects of competitor product performance, technical standards, and technical aspects of opponents’ potential counter-arguments.
• Provide written and/or oral technical evidence for court or administrative proceedings, where appropriate.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, including with internal and external technical experts and testing teams, Business Intelligence, Claims and Product Regulatory teams.
• Deliver regular, impactful reports, presenting clear updates on product testing and investigations.
• Play an active role in Dyson’s Product Litigation team, sharing insights and developing best practices for product testing in a world-leading technology environment.
• Lead a learning and development programme by facilitating the delivery of technical training on key topics to relevant members of the Global Litigation team.
• Report operational progress directly to the Head of Product Litigation, ensuring key issues, achievements and priorities are communicated with transparency.

Strategic

• Contributing to competitor litigation strategies.
• Contributing to Product Litigation related strategic goals which align with and contribute to the Global Litigation function-level strategies.

Ways of working

• Delivering services efficiently and at a competitive cost.
• Ensuring quality and consistency of service delivery, acting on stakeholder feedback where appropriate.
• Managing and prioritising resources and services in accordance with their strategic value to Dyson.
• Promoting collaboration across Dyson Legal teams, Dyson and with external stakeholders
• Adopting a “never be satisfied, never stand still, never stop innovating” mindset. Seeking continual improvement to existing processes and practices.
• Contributing to a team culture of high performance, fairness, transparency and honesty.

About You

You are technically rigorous and detail-oriented engineer with at least 3 years’ experience, ideally across a range of product categories relevant to Dyson.

You are comfortable engaging with and presenting complex technical issues to senior stakeholders, adapting your communication style to suit both technical and non-technical audiences.

While you thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working towards shared objectives, you are equally confident operating independently.

You take ownership of your work, manage your priorities effectively, and drive tasks through to completion with minimal oversight.

What sets you apart:

• Strong analytical and technical acumen: You have experience analysing products and their performance at a detailed level, ideally in a commercial or regulated environment, enabling you to understand and challenge technical discussions and product performance claims.
• Interest in product performance standards: You will want to understanding the whys and wherefores of the myriad of international standards which impact the basis on which Dyson and its competitors make product performance claims.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on evidence-based reasoning and intellectual rigour. You are naturally curious, think critically, remain objective, and stand behind your analysis when it is scrutinised.
• Practical litigation experience is a plus, whether from exposure to working with legal teams on technical aspects of product disputes, forensic analysis or giving evidence.
• Exceptional communicator and relationship builder: Able to make complex concepts clear, you build trust and credibility – whether reporting to stakeholders, explaining a technical concept to external counsel, advising senior leaders, or giving evidence in court.
• Thriving in a dynamic, fast-moving environment: You bring drive, adaptability and a sense of urgency, managing competing priorities and ambiguity effectively with minimal supervision.
• Collaborative team player: You are able to work closely with legal teams, external experts and internal stakeholders alike. You enjoy sharing knowledge, supporting others, and contributing to a high-performing, fair, and transparent team culture.

Why this role?

You’ll be the go-to technical adviser to the Legal team, across the range of Dyson’s product categories. Your work will help to stop competitors from engaging in misleading advertising and infringing IP rights – thereby protecting consumers and upholding the value of innovation, for one of the world’s pioneering technology enterprises – as part of a celebrated, innovative legal team.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.

Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.