Head of Engineering

Accelero; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days leave + BH's

Job summary

Accelero is seeking a Head of Engineering for a Newcastle-based embedded hardware/software function. You will take full ownership of an engineering department spanning firmware, hardware, and application software, setting the technical direction and delivering across the full lifecycle.

You will lead a 15-person team, decide on architecture, manage delivery timelines, and collaborate with product and leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team across hardware and software.
• Hands-on embedded hardware/firmware experience is essential.
• Proven ability to balance technical credibility with people and delivery leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a 15-person engineering team across hardware and software.
• Own technical strategy and architecture across embedded and application layers.
• Manage resourcing, delivery timelines, and engineering best practices.
• Act as a bridge between engineering, product, and senior leadership.
• Mentor and upskill engineers, embedding strong technical standards.
• Stay close to technical detail to guide design decisions and unblock teams.

Skills

Embedded systems

Software leadership

Hardware experience

Firmware

People leadership

Job description

We're working with a client in the embedded electronic systems space who is looking to appoint a Head of Engineering to take ownership of a combined software and hardware function of around 15 engineers.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has come up through embedded and application-level engineering and now wants to lead teams building the products they used to design themselves.

The Role

You’ll take full technical and people leadership of the engineering department, spanning embedded firmware, hardware, and application-level software. You’ll set technical direction, own delivery across the full engineering lifecycle, and act as the senior engineering voice at leadership level.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading and developing a 15-person engineering team across software and hardware disciplines
• Owning technical strategy and architecture decisions across embedded and application layers
• Managing resourcing, delivery timelines, and engineering best practices
• Acting as a bridge between engineering, product, and senior leadership
• Mentoring and upskilling engineers, embedding strong technical standards
• Staying close enough to the technical detail to guide design decisions and unblock teams

What We’re Looking For

• Strong engineering background spanning both embedded and application-level software
• Hands-on experience with embedded electronic systems (hardware/firmware exposure essential)
• Several years in a leadership or head-of-engineering capacity, managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven ability to balance technical credibility with people and delivery leadership
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed technical levels
• 30 days leave + BH's
• + many more

This is an opportunity to take full ownership of an engineering function at a business investing seriously in its embedded systems capability; shaping both the technical direction and the team culture from a senior leadership seat.

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