Job Title: Lead Hardware Engineer
Location: Rochester, Kent
Role Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum depending on experience
Our client, an established electronics manufacturing firm in Rochester, require an experienced Lead Hardware Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team.
Candidates would need to have lived & worked in the UK for 5+ years and be eligible for BPSS security clearance.
What the role of the Lead Hardware Engineer entails:
Some of the main duties of the Lead Hardware Engineer will include:
Managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team
Work package management; cost, schedule, risk and opportunities
Ensuring the engineering team is supporting the production program demand
Providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes
Leading cost and performance trade-offs
Control Account Management (CAM)
What experience you need to be the successful Lead Hardware Engineer:
Essential:
Able to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle
Proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control
Experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and target areas...