Senior Product Development & Manufacturing Lead

TLD EUROPE; Kempston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TLD Europe is seeking a Product Engineer to drive end-to-end product development and industrialisation from concept to volume production in a globally coordinated setting. The role focuses on translating strategy into actionable projects, managing milestones, and ensuring cost, schedule, and performance targets are met.

The successful candidate will lead cross-functional teams across mechanical, electrical, software, sourcing, and quality, while mitigating risks and ensuring robust BOMs for

Responsibilities

• Execute the Product Roadmap: translate strategic direction into actionable development projects — defining milestones, resources, risks, and success criteria.
• Own product development from concept to commercialisation: ensure targeted objectives — cost, schedule, performance, reliability — are met.
• Drive product management decisions: propose and approve technical choices through rigorous internal processes; contribute to cost reduction and reliability improvement projects.
• Lead industrialisation and ensure seamless production flow: transfer designs to manufacturing in coordination with suppliers, quality and production teams to guarantee robust, repeatable, and scalable production; provide efficient Bills of Materials (BOMs) to reduce shortages and keep products moving fluidly from first article to volume delivery.
• Manage major deliveries: oversee manufacturing contracts and volume deliveries; ensure schedules, quality standards, and customer commitments are honoured.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering (mechanical, electrical, software), sourcing, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and aftermarket — arbitrating priorities and ensuring cohesive execution both locally and globally.
• Monitor market and technology trends: competitive intelligence, customer feedback, emerging technologies, and regulations — to shape product enhancements and roadmap decisions.
• Manage risks proactively: identify, mitigate, and resolve technical, supply chain, and schedule risks through structured reviews.
• Maintain documentation and reporting: project plans, technical specifications, launch checklists, review records, and periodic status reports to stakeholders.
• Lead your team: set objectives for the Product Engineer reporting to you and conduct annual appraisals.

Job description

TLD Europe is seeking a Product Engineer to drive end-to-end product development and industrialisation from concept to volume production in a globally coordinated setting. The role focuses on translating strategy into actionable projects, managing milestones, and ensuring cost, schedule, and performance targets are met.

The successful candidate will lead cross-functional teams across mechanical, electrical, software, sourcing, and quality, while mitigating risks and ensuring robust BOMs for