Engineering Manager
hace 17 días
Halifax
Engineering Manager Hardware, Firmware & Mechanical Engineering Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 + benefits KO2 is working exclusively with a well‑established and growing electronics manufacturer based in Halifax to appoint an experienced Engineering Manager. Our client designs and manufactures high‑reliability electronic products for a demanding, high‑volume market, and is investing in its engineering leadership team to support the next phase of growth. This is a hands‑on leadership role for a technically credible manager who can lead a multi‑disciplinary engineering team - hardware, firmware, mechanical and test - through the full product development lifecycle, from concept to volume manufacture. Reporting to the Engineering Director, you will take ownership of a multi‑function engineering team, balancing day‑to‑day delivery with longer‑term technology and product roadmap planning. You'll be a key link between engineering, operations and the wider business, ensuring the team is resourced, motivated and set up to deliver reliably. • Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team of hardware, firmware, mechanical and test engineers, including recruitment, coaching and performance management, • Own resource planning and project timelines across multiple concurrent development programmes, • Develop and maintain technology and product roadmaps in line with business strategy, • Work closely with manufacturing and operations to ensure a smooth transition from engineering into volume production, • Manage regulatory compliance activity for new and existing products, including relationships with external test houses, • Own the engineering budget, aligning team size, tooling and spend with the product roadmap, • Review, introduce and improve engineering processes, tools and cross‑team interfaces, • Report progress, risks and issues to senior stakeholders, and support wider business planning, • Manage relationships with external design partners, ODM/JDM partners and suppliers as required, • Proven experience leading and developing technical engineering teams within an electronics or high‑volume manufacturing environment, • A track record of managing multiple concurrent development projects, ideally across hardware, firmware and mechanical disciplines, • Strong understanding of design for manufacture in a high‑volume electronics business, • Experience managing budgets, resource plans and project timelines, with good working knowledge of tools such as MS Project, • Experience working with external design, ODM/JDM or manufacturing partners, • Confident communicator, comfortable influencing and negotiating with stakeholders at all levels, • A background in electronic, electrical or mechanical engineering (degree or equivalent experience), • Experience of organisational change, process improvement or Six Sigma‑style methodologies is an advantage, • Salary of £65,000 - £75,000, dependent on experience, • A senior, high‑visibility leadership role with genuine influence over technology strategy, • The opportunity to shape and grow a talented engineering team, • Competitive benefits package, including pension, bonus scheme and private healthcare, • Based on‑site in Halifax, with a collaborative, engineering‑led culture #J-18808-Ljbffr