Chief Engineer

A leading engineering group working on a number of innovative long term projects has a new vacancy for a Chief Engineer and has appointed Vectis Recruitment as exclusive recruitment partner. A hands‑on Technical Specialist, you will provide subject matter expertise in the development of advanced battery management electronics and associated control systems for electrified platforms and energy storage applications.

The Role

• Operate as the technical authority for advanced Battery Management System (BMS) hardware architectures, leading the development of high‑ and low‑voltage battery systems for electrified vehicle platforms.
• Define, review, and approve hardware requirements, technical specifications, and system architectures.
• Lead the design and development of robust electronic hardware solutions.
• Conduct and lead technical reviews of schematics, PCB layouts, and system integration activities.
• Provide technical leadership for hardware verification, validation, root‑cause analysis, and fault investigation activities throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with software, controls, systems, electrical distribution systems (EDS), and mechanical engineering teams.
• Support customer engagements, concept development activities, technical proposals, and technology roadmap definition, acting as a trusted technical representative.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, components, and development methodologies to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.

The Person

• Expert understanding of battery management system architectures.
• Strong knowledge of battery cell behaviour, battery pack architectures and system integration considerations.
• Understanding of battery physical architectures, requirements and constraints.
• Experience of verification testing of BMS platforms in high‑voltage (400V+).
• Strong expertise in analog and mixed‑signal circuit design for precision voltage, current and temperature measurement applications.
• Strong understanding of high‑voltage battery systems including sensing, isolation, protection and fault detection mechanisms.
• Strong experience with communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, CANbus and

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