Our client, an innovative engineering organisation undergoing significant structural development, is looking for a Head of Engineering based in Cambridge to join their team on a permanent basis.
This role is site-based in Cambridge, with the option to work from home one day per week. The position has been created as part of a strategic realignment and will play a critical role in unifying multi‑disciplinary engineering teams and driving collaboration, efficiency, and new product development across the business.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and manage a multi‑disciplinary engineering function across electronics, mechanical, software, and development engineering.
- Drive improvements in engineering processes, team effectiveness, and cross‑functional collaboration.
- Provide strategic and technical leadership across architecture, system‑level design, and product development.
- Support and enhance new product development (NPD) activities across the organisation.
- Build strong working relationships between engineering, operations, and wider business functions.
- Oversee resource planning, team structure, and engineering performance across approximately 12 direct and indirect reports.
- Implement best practices to improve efficiency, delivery, and product quality.
- Act as a key leadership figure influencing engineering direction and long‑term business success.
Experience required
- Proven experience leading multi‑disciplinary engineering teams within an electromechanical product development environment.
- Strong background in systems or architecture‑level engineering, ideally involving hardware and software/firmware integration.
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, collaboration, and team performance.
- Experience operating at both a strategic and hands‑on level within engineering leadership roles.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience within complex or regulated engineering environments is advantageous.
- Willingness to be based in Cambridge with regular travel to Hitchin.
Our client, an innovative engineering organisation undergoing significant structural development, is looking for a Head of Engineering based in Cambridge to join their team on a permanent basis.
This role is site-based in Cambridge, with the option to work from home one day per week. The position has been created as part of a strategic realignment and will play a critical role in unifying multi‑disciplinary engineering teams and driving collaboration, efficiency, and new product development across the business.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and manage a multi‑disciplinary engineering function across electronics, mechanical, software, and development engineering.
- Drive improvements in engineering processes, team effectiveness, and cross‑functional collaboration.
- Provide strategic and technical leadership across architecture, system‑level design, and product development.
- Support and enhance new product development (NPD) activities across the organisation.
- Build strong working relationships between engineering, operations, and wider business functions.
- Oversee resource planning, team structure, and engineering performance across approximately 12 direct and indirect reports.
- Implement best practices to improve efficiency, delivery, and product quality.
- Act as a key leadership figure influencing engineering direction and long‑term business success.
Experience required
- Proven experience leading multi‑disciplinary engineering teams within an electromechanical product development environment.
- Strong background in systems or architecture‑level engineering, ideally involving hardware and software/firmware integration.
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, collaboration, and team performance.
- Experience operating at both a strategic and hands‑on level within engineering leadership roles.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience within complex or regulated engineering environments is advantageous.
- Willingness to be based in Cambridge with regular travel to Hitchin.
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