Our client, who are an innovative engineering organisation undergoing significant structural development, are 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 of the Head of Engineering job based in Cambridge:
- 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 for the Head of Engineering job based in Cambridge:
- 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.
If this Head of Engineering job based in Cambridge could be of interest, please send your CV to bwiles@redlinegroup.Com or call Ben on 01582 878816.
”, “datePosted”: “2026-05-14”, “hiringOrganization”: { “@type”: “Organization”, “name”: “Redline Group – Specialist Recruitment for Technology & Electronics Companies”, “sameAs”: “https://uk.whatjobs.com/pub_api__cpl__431713464__4861?utm_campaign=publisher&utm_medium=api&utm_source=4861&geoID=126” }, “jobLocation”: { “@type”: “Place”, “address”: { “@type”: “PostalAddress”, “addressLocality”: “Cambridge” } } }Our client, who are an innovative engineering organisation undergoing significant structural development, are 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 of the Head of Engineering job based in Cambridge:
- 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 for the Head of Engineering job based in Cambridge:
- 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.
If this Head of Engineering job based in Cambridge could be of interest, please send your CV to bwiles@redlinegroup.Com or call Ben on 01582 878816.
…