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Key Duties & Responsibilities
* Line management of a segment of DSE engineering team across North Yorkshire and Sutton in Ashfield sites with remote/hybrid working.
* Day‑to‑day task management, 1:1 appraisals, goal setting, personal development plans, holiday approval and sickness review.
* Collaborate with Project Managers to review technical project content, estimate task durations, and ensure project plans are technically correct.
* Allocate engineering work tasks to the reporting segment using JIRA or similar tools.
* Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers.
* Review engineering outputs to maintain high quality standards and address gaps with the engineering management team.
* Participate in product and project cost estimation, feasibility studies, and capture complete high‑level technical requirements at project inception.
* Act as a technical decision maker and contribute to platform and architecture strategy.
* Assist in developing in‑house tools and processes, and support the wider company by answering technical questions.
* Administer and maintain engineering systems, revision and variant control systems, and issue management systems.
* Collaborate with other supervisors and engineering managers to align on technology, processes, designs, and testing.
* Review department KPIs to ensure targets are being hit.
* Depending on team size, work hands‑on as an engineer for the relevant discipline.
* Implement risk identification and mitigation techniques, including functional safety level determination.
* Communicate comfortably with technical engineers.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays with a new flexible holiday scheme.
* Bupa Healthcare package and Life Insurance.
* Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay and 5% Pension contributions.
* Company‑wide performance‑based annual bonus scheme.
Requirements
* Expertise in C/C++ for embedded systems.
* Understanding of Linux operating systems and application development, including Yocto.
* Appreciation of the power generation industry and/or control and automation solutions.
* Understanding of product development and managing multi‑discipline teams.
* Knowledge of software development life cycles, tools, and processes.
* Familiarity with a functional safety standard such as ISO 26262, 61508, or IEC 60730.
* Good understanding of cyber security principles and technologies for embedded systems.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Excellent ability to break down work, estimate tasks, and drive projects to completion.
* Experience with combined stage‑gate (waterfall) / agile development approaches.
* Risk identification and mitigation techniques.
* Comfortable communicating with both technical engineers and management.
* Problem‑solving and troubleshooting capabilities.
* Enthusiastic and optimistic attitude.
* 7+ years of experience as a senior engineer or team leader, with direct reports.
* 7+ years of experience as an embedded software engineer, with a mixture of RTOS and Linux project exposure.
* Background in electronics, possibly with a degree education.
* Relevant Bachelor’s degree.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
* Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
DSE is an equal opportunity employer. A copy of our statement is available on request.
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