Senior Leader, Advanced Sensing Engineering

ONYX Insight; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ONYX Insight is a growing technology and engineering organisation leading the development, delivery and lifecycle management of advanced sensing hardware and software. You will translate product strategy into engineering execution, balancing innovation with operational excellence while serving a global customer base.

The role blends technical leadership with people leadership, scaling the Advanced Sensing business and ensuring high standards of engineering quality, safety and performance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering hardware or technology products from concept to market.
• Experience managing teams across product development, systems engineering, electronics, embedded software or industrial technology environments.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance innovation, cost, quality and delivery.
• Experience implementing engineering processes, governance and performance management frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and grow the Advanced Sensing Engineering function, creating a high-performing and collaborative engineering culture.
• Set team objectives, priorities and resource plans aligned to business goals.
• Recruit, develop and retain engineering talent across hardware, embedded software and product support disciplines.
• Own the delivery of Advanced Sensing engineering activities, ensuring new products and enhancements are delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Drive effective engineering planning, prioritisation and execution across the product portfolio.
• Support the development and adoption of new technologies and engineering solutions.
• Provide leadership across the full product lifecycle, from concept and development through to deployment, support and continuous improvement.
• Ensure robust testing, validation, certification and change control processes are maintained.
• Drive product reliability improvements through effective investigation and resolution of technical issues.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Commercial, Delivery and Customer-facing teams to translate market and customer requirements into engineering outcomes.
• Represent Engineering in strategic customer, partner and business discussions where required.
• Support delivery of Advanced Sensing business objectives through effective cross-functional leadership.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hardware product delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Process governance

Commercial awareness

Job description

ONYX Insight is a growing technology and engineering organisation leading the development, delivery and lifecycle management of advanced sensing hardware and software. You will translate product strategy into engineering execution, balancing innovation with operational excellence while serving a global customer base.

The role blends technical leadership with people leadership, scaling the Advanced Sensing business and ensuring high standards of engineering quality, safety and performance.