Design Engineering Manager

April Quest; Taunton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

April Quest in Taunton is seeking a Design Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, electronic and software design engineers. The role blends people management with technical reviews and design sign-off to drive delivery.

You will help strengthen engineering processes, improve quality and ensure the team delivers against cost, quality and timescale targets while collaborating with stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical education.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Knowledge of CAD packages and structured design processes.
• Experience conducting technical reviews and design sign-off.
• Strong people-development and performance-management skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and manage cost, quality and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary design team of mechanical and electronic engineers.
• Balance people development with hands-on technical reviews and sign-off.
• Strengthen processes, improve quality and consistency across projects.
• Deliver against cost, quality and timescale expectations in collaboration with stakeholders.

Skills

People management

Multidisciplinary teams

CAD skills

Design reviews

Stakeholder management

Cost delivery

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Fusion 360

JIRA

Job description

Design Engineering Manager | Taunton | £65,000

I am working with an established and growing engineering manufacturer that develops specialist equipment for demanding, quality-focused industries. Its products combine mechanical, electronic and software engineering to help customers test complex systems safely, accurately and efficiently.

The business is investing in it’s engineering capability as it continues to grow, creating an opportunity to join a technically strong environment where quality, continuous improvement, and people development are priorities.

Info about what the Design Engineering Manager role entails

This is a newly created Design Engineering Manager position leading a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, and electronic design engineers. The role favours people management, but remains technically involved, combining people development, resource planning, and delivery accountability with technical reviews and design sign-off.

You will help strengthen engineering processes, improve quality and consistency, and ensure the team delivers against cost, quality and timescale expectations while working closely with stakeholders across the business

Essential Requirements of the Design Engineering Manager

• Engineering degree, HNC/HND or equivalent technical education
• Design engineering experience within complex equipment, machinery, automation or a similar environment
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Knowledge of CAD packages and structured design processes.
• Experience conducting technical reviews and design sign-off
• Strong people-development and performance-management skills
• Experience improving engineering processes and ways of working
• Understanding of quality, compliance and risk-assessment processes
• Ability to influence stakeholders and hold teams accountable for cost, quality and delivery.

Desirable experience of the Design Engineering Manager

• Experience using Fusion 360 or similar 3D CAD software
• Background in automated test equipment, industrial machinery or complex electro-mechanical products
• Experience working within a mid-high volume manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with JIRA or similar project and workload-management tools.