Senior leadership opportunity for a Head of Electronics with a core focus on developing ev charging products. You will lead teams in the successful development and launch of new and innovative charging hardware products. Specifcally looking at New Product Development (NPD) taking projects through initiation, design, development, and into successful production. You will lead, mentor and expand your multi-disciplined engineering team, whilst engaging with outsourced suppliers to increase development capacity.This position requires significant experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams, and an in-depth understanding of the product development process and product life cycle. It is essential that this candidate has a previous knowledge of Electronic product development or products with embedded electronics within it.A background of developing technology products for volume manufacture would also be really useful.Key responsibilities;Leading a multi-disciplined team of engineers Electronics, Firmware, Mechanical, Installation Assurance. Developing high quality manufactural products.Grow your network across industry and with our stakeholders and large-scale customers to lead definition of our hardware product roadmapYou’ll ensure your delivery team are focused on clear and accurate product specifications so they can deliver great projects at pace using our gated NPD development processesWork closely with our Software Products team to ensure overall integration of hardware with App servicesYou’ll select the right engineering resources to deliver product work packages for both internal and external partners.Work alongside Systems and Certification team to ensure all our hardware products are developed to be compliant with the relevant international standards UKCA, CE, UL, FCC etcWork closely with internal stakeholders to ensure products are supported by well documented guides such as technical hand-over packs, production instructions, design guides and installation guidesProvide technical support of existing products, including ensuring customer and quality concerns are proactively monitored, and any required engineering changes are executed in a timely mannerAs overall design responsibility, you’ll ensure your team drive cost effective hardware BOM costs and designed for manufacturingKey skills;Degree level qualification in a relevant subject matter - ideally electronic knowledgeSignificant experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams, with an in-depth understanding of the product development process and product life cyclePrevious work with manufacturable product with a electronic or embedded electronic capacityIdeal experience covering the entire technology stack involved in connected EV charging products including mechanical design, electronic design and embedded firmwareKnowledge of key engineering design tools e.g. Altium/Kicad, SolidWorks and a range of programming IDEs