Senior Engineering Manager
Crowborough - Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Lead the teams who turn complex gas analysis challenges into products that make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive.
At Servomex, our global mission is to enable change through advanced gas analysis. Headquartered in Crowborough, our UK Technical Centre brings together multidisciplinary teams who collaborate to design and deliver next-generation solutions used in critical environments worldwide.
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead multi-discipline hardware and software engineering teams. This is a senior leadership role combining strong technical capability with inspirational people leadership, influencing across the business and shaping how we innovate, develop and deliver.
Why this role matters
1. Shape and deliver our product development roadmap from concept through launch and lifecycle management
2. Create an environment where engineers thrive, innovate and deliver high-quality solutions
3. Build strong, credible relationships across the business beyond traditional reporting lines
What you’ll do
4. Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams within our UK Technical Centre
5. Own technical delivery across new product introduction and existing product lifecycles
6. Partner with Product Management to align technology roadmaps and value propositions
7. Enable customer-centric design with direct customer interaction and solution validation
8. Embed Lean and Agile ways of working and improve R&D efficiency through KPIs
9. Champion innovation, new technologies and pragmatic enablers such as rapid prototyping
10. Support IP protection and external partnerships
What we’re looking for
Essential:
11. Proven experience performing in a technical leadership role leading multidisciplinary hardware and software engineering teams
12. Successful delivery of complex new products
13. Project delivery experience including Agile approaches
14. Strong commercial and stakeholder awareness
15. Coaching leadership style with a passion for developing others
16. Good understanding of business management including standards and procedures and business finance.
17. Ability to lead new product introduction across functions ensuring buy in from product management, marketing, operations, manufacturing engineering, customer support, service and sales.
18. Knowledge of Lean R&D processes and tools such as DFSS and Scrum.
19. A proven track record in coaching/mentoring others to develop their potential and inspire them
Qualification:
20. Degree in an engineering or science discipline
What it’s like to work here
At Servomex, we believe in One Servomex working together globally in a culture built on integrity, trust and collaboration. We actively support wellbeing, personal growth and open communication, creating an environment where people can do their best work and feel valued.
Salary
Up to £120,000 per annum
Benefits include:
21. Discretionary Company Bonus
22. Opportunities for growth & development through our structured Talent Management System
23. Annual Performance Review
24. Private Medical Insurance
25. Personal Pension Plan (up to 10.5% employer contribution)
26. Employee Wellbeing Programme
27. 25 days’ annual leave with option to buy more + Bank Holidays + Company Shutdown Day
28. Two Volunteering Days
29. Life Assurance (4 x Salary)
30. Enhanced Family Friendly benefits & pay
31. Staff Referral Scheme and Long Service Awards
32. Global Recognition Scheme
33. Cycle to Work Scheme
34. Free Parking
Location & working pattern
Based at our Crowborough UK Technical & Service Centre
Hybrid working with 3 days onsite
Our pledges
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Mindful Employer, signatories of the Menopause Workplace Pledge and Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, and an endorsed employer for women through Work180. We are committed to fair, inclusive recruitment and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process.
A full job description will be provided during the interview process.
Interview & Selection Process
We want you to feel confident that Servomex is the right place for you. Throughout the process, you’ll have plenty of chances to ask questions and get a real sense of who we are, what we do and what your future here could look like.
1. Friendly chat with our Talent Team
2. Teams video interview with the hiring team
3. On‑site panel interview to meet the hiring team and other key people