Engineering Manager

Kingdom People; Goring-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day week

Annual bonus up to 12%

Hands-on leadership role

NPI projects

Job summary

Kingdom People are partnering with a growing electronics business to recruit an Engineering Manager. This hands-on leadership role combines people management with active involvement in product design and problem solving, guiding NPI projects from concept to production release.

The role includes shaping engineering strategy, mentoring your team, and ensuring high quality, robust designs while collaborating with customers and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading electronics engineering team including line management responsibilities.
• Hands-on electronics design background.
• Strong knowledge of analogue electronics, control loops, power supplies, and high‑voltage design constraints.
• Excellent stakeholder management with customers, commercial teams and leadership.
• Proactive, solution‑focused leadership in fast moving projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop an electronics engineering team.
• Drive NPI projects from concept through production release.
• Provide hands-on technical input across product development activities.
• Lead design reviews and technical decision-making.
• Collaborate with customers to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Coordinate with commercial, manufacturing and operations for launches.
• Manage engineering priorities, resources and delivery.
• Champion engineering best practice and continuous improvement.

Skills

Hands-on design

Analog electronics

Control loops

Power supply design

HV power supplies

Stakeholder management

Leadership

NPI delivery

Job description

Engineering Manager | 4-Day Week

Are you looking for an Engineering Manager opportunity with a growing and highly innovative electronics business that specialises in the development of technically complex products?

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced engineering leader who still enjoys being hands-on. This job will see you lead and develop an engineering team while remaining actively involved in product design, technical problem solving, and the successful delivery of New Product Introduction (NPI) projects.

The position offers a 4-day working week (Monday to Thursday), a 37.5-hour week, and an annual bonus scheme of up to 12%.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop an electronics engineering team.
• Drive NPI projects from concept, design and validation through to production release.
• Provide hands-on technical input and support across product development activities.
• Lead design reviews and technical decision-making.
• Work closely with customers to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Collaborate with commercial, manufacturing and operations teams to ensure successful product launches.
• Manage engineering priorities, resources and project delivery.
• Champion engineering best practice and continuous improvement.

About you

• Proven experience leading and developing an electronics engineering team, including line management responsibility.
• Strong track record of delivering NPI projects from concept through to production.
• A hands-on electronics design background.
• Strong technical knowledge of:
• Analogue electronics
• Control loops, including compensation, stability and transient response
• Power supply design, stability and performance trade-offs including noise, ripple, regulation and protection
• High-voltage power supplies and associated practical design constraints
• A strong appreciation for engineering safety and quality.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage with customers, commercial teams and senior leadership.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong leadership capability.

What\'s in it for You?

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 12%.
• 4-day working week (Monday to Thursday).
• 37.5-hour working week.
• The opportunity to lead genuinely interesting NPI programmes.
• A role that combines people leadership with hands-on engineering.
• A collaborative and technically driven environment where your expertise will have a real impact.

If you\'re an Engineering Manager, Lead Electronics Engineer, Electronics Team Leader or Principal Engineer looking for a hands-on leadership position, then please apply now!

Kingdom People are acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy