Lead Hardware Engineer

Gold Group; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established electronics manufacturing firm in Rochester is looking for a Lead Hardware Engineer. You will provide managerial and technical leadership to a design team, manage costs, and ensure production program support. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in engineering team management and knowledge of production processes. This is a great opportunity to enhance your career in the electronics field.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and management of engineering teams through product development.
• Experience with cost and planning management.
• Knowledge of production program support.

Responsibilities

• Lead an electronics design team.
• Manage work packages; cost, schedule, risks.
• Ensure engineering aligns with production demands.

Skills

Team leadership

Cost management

Risk management

Technical governance

Design improvements

Tools

DOORS

JIRA

MSP

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Lead Hardware Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 per annum depending on experience

Our client, an established electronics manufacturing firm in Rochester, requires an experienced Lead Hardware Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team.

Candidates would need to have lived & worked in the UK for 5+ years and be eligible for BPSS security clearance.

Responsibilities

What the role of the Lead Hardware Engineer entails:

• Managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team
• Work package management; cost, schedule, risk and opportunities
• Ensuring the engineering team is supporting the production program demand
• Providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes
• Leading cost and performance trade-offs
• Control Account Management (CAM)

Qualifications

What experience you need to be the successful Lead Hardware Engineer:

Essential:

• Able to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle
• Proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control
• Experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and target areas of improvement , focusing on failure reduction and MDBF
• Knowledge of supporting a production program

Desirable:

• Experience of PLD / FPGA design
• Requirements management tools, such as DOORS
• Work-package management tools, such as MSP, JIRA

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Hardware Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!