Hardware Engineering Manager - Delivery & Tech Leadership

Nicholas Associates Group Limited; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicholas Associates is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager in South Yorkshire to lead hardware development across concept to production readiness. You will drive technical and people leadership, ensuring the team delivers on product and technology roadmaps with robust designs and timely delivery.

The role collaborates with Product Management, Software/Firmware, QA, Manufacturing and Supply Chain to deliver reliable, manufacturable and commercially successful hardware solutions at pace, while

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong background in electronic hardware development.
• Circuit/PCB design experience including analogue and digital circuitry, MCU based products and power supplies.
• Engineering leadership experience in delivery against project commitments.
• Product development and lifecycle experience.
• Technical communication.
• Troubleshooting and excellent hands-on problem-solving skills.
• Strong project management abilities with strong planning and prioritisation capability.
• Have an excellent work ethic and be self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery performance of the Hardware Engineering team against agreed milestones.
• Establish clear ownership and deliverables and manage the team to be accountable for their commitments.
• Identify technical and delivery risks early and take action to mitigate.
• Work with programme and project management to ensure estimates and progress are managed and evidence based.
• Drive work packages towards completion.
• Provide technical leadership and direction.
• Lead and challenge technical decisions ensuring solutions balance performance, cost, time to market, compliance and manufacturability.
• Lead HW design reviews, ensuring appropriate documentation and risk analysis.
• Maintain engineering standards and technical documentation practices.
• Remain hands on to support troubleshooting and resolution of complex challenge.
• Verification and production readiness.
• Ensure designs are robust and manufacturable (DFM).
• Work closely with QA and Production/Supply Chain to investigate and resolve quality issues.
• Lead coach and develop the hardware team, setting clear expectations for performance.
• Conduct regular performance reviews.
• Create a culture that values ownership, pace and continuous improvement and delivery.
• Ensure decisions are informed by deep customer and market knowledge.
• Work with Product Management to understand the problem being solved.
• Balance cost, engineering excellence, investment, and time to market.
• Engage with other departments (Technical Support, QA and customers) to understand real-world performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Work well in the R&D leadership team with Embedded Software, System Engineering, Validation, Programme and Project Management and Product Management.
• Resolve dependencies quickly.
• Communicate issues, risks and recommendations early to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Hardware leadership

Project management

Troubleshooting

Technical communication

Product development

Hardware design experience

Circuit/PCB design

MCU design

Education

Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Nicholas Associates is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager in South Yorkshire to lead hardware development across concept to production readiness. You will drive technical and people leadership, ensuring the team delivers on product and technology roadmaps with robust designs and timely delivery.

The role collaborates with Product Management, Software/Firmware, QA, Manufacturing and Supply Chain to deliver reliable, manufacturable and commercially successful hardware solutions at pace, while