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Engineering Manager – Based Buckinghamshire
This role is office based with some flexible working
Basic salary - £70,000 up to £85,000 depending on experience, plus bonus, enhanced pension, share options, private medical and many more.
Due to continued expansion, my client is seeking an experienced Engineering Development Manager to help drive their business to the next phase of technical innovation and growth.
As the Engineering Development Manager, your role will combine your technical leadership and people management skills, along with project management responsibilities whilst collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams including hardware, electronics, firmware, and software engineers.
As the Engineering Development Manager, you will ideally have a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field or be qualified by experience with proven engineering experience and strong technical leadership skills and a background in electronics/firmware.
As the Engineering Development Manager, you will facilitate complex engineering discussions, drive research and development initiatives, whilst ensuring successful project delivery and working collaboratively with various engineering team leaders.
Duties
• You will lead complex engineering projects from conception to delivery, coordinating across hardware, electronics, firmware, and software disciplines
• Drive technical decision-making and innovation through expert engineering knowledge and leadership and facilitate technical discussions and problem-solving sessions between different engineering disciplines
• Mentor and guide engineering teams in technical matters while collaborating with functional managers
• Liaise with other areas of the business, translate customer and product requirements into detailed technical specifications across multiple engineering disciplines
• Manage and oversee project schedules, risks, and dependencies while ensuring efficient resource allocation
• Drive research and development initiatives and technical innovation across the engineering organisation
• Coordinate with the engineering team leaders ensure alignment on technical direction and project goals
• Lead continuous improvement in development processes and methodologies
• Report directly to Engineering Director on project progress and technical initiatives.
• You will have experience of leading complex technical projects involving multiple engineering disciplines with a proven track record of driving technical decision-making and innovation
• Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability see the bigger technical picture
• Excellent communicator, written and spoken with good interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without direct authority
• Have experience facilitating technical discussions and decision-making across different engineering teams
