Product Authority: Technical Lifecycle Lead (Onsite)

DCS Recruitment; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Recruitment is seeking a Product Manager to take technical ownership of a specialist engineering product portfolio in a high-reliability environment. You will own product performance, capability and lifecycle across the product family, and lead the transition from development into manufacture while supporting production and customer operations.

You will define the long-term technical roadmap, manage engineering changes, and drive continuous product improvement across Engineering,

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Physics or an equivalent discipline, with proficiency in 3D CAD, ideally Autodesk Inventor.
• Significant experience developing and supporting complex sensor-based or electro-mechanical products.
• Extensive experience supporting technically complex products through manufacture and operational service.
• Proven engineering-change, configuration, obsolescence and production or field-failure investigation experience.
• Customer-facing technical leadership experience within defence or another high-reliability engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Own technical performance, capability, configuration and lifecycle management across the assigned product family.
• Develop the technical roadmap, balancing customer requirements, manufacturing capability, operational support and commercial objectives.
• Lead development-to-manufacture transition, production readiness and technical support for Manufacturing and suppliers.
• Resolve production and field failures, approve engineering changes and manage product configuration, baselines and obsolescence.
• Oversee verification, validation, qualification, factory and integration testing and sea trials, while supporting customers, bids and demonstrations.

Skills

3D CAD

Sensor-based products

Production support

Engineering change

Customer-facing leadership

Education

Degree in Engineering/Physics or equivalent

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

DCS Recruitment is seeking a Product Manager to take technical ownership of a specialist engineering product portfolio in a high-reliability environment. You will own product performance, capability and lifecycle across the product family, and lead the transition from development into manufacture while supporting production and customer operations.

You will define the long-term technical roadmap, manage engineering changes, and drive continuous product improvement across Engineering,