Engineering Manager

To lead the development of new electronics & software products and sub-assemblies in line with the Divisional focus, maintaining a time to market of less than 18 months for all major projects. Ensuring that Divisional relationships are maximised and needs are met.

• Maintain awareness of Divisional product road-maps and identify opportunities for Eastbourne Product Company NPI and manufacturing.


• Deliver safe, right-first-time NPI solutions to the agreed project timescales, project costs and final product costs.


• Be the Eastbourne Product Company's Technical Authority for design decisions, technical standards compliance and associated sign-offs.


• Ensure best-practice local and global engineering processes, methods and tools are developed and consistently adopted, contributing to the on-going development and adoption of VTTS, Vacuum Technique Technical System.


• Drive innovation, identifying IP opportunities and threats, and maintaining awareness of competitor and wider industry solutions.


• Strengthen the Eastbourne engineering organisation demonstrating strong leadership to ensure effective recruitment and selection, objective setting, competency and organisation development.


• Identify the future talent pipeline including succession planning by coaching, mentoring and developing your team.


• Ensure that NPI cost-centre budgets and headcount are appropriately managed, with agreed forecasts, and spends are monitored and reported against the targets.


• Assist the General Manager in the ongoing management and development of the Eastbourne site and meeting the site OGSM, Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures., The Eastbourne Product Company potentially serves all six Vacuum Technique Divisions: Scientific Vacuum, Industrial vacuum, Semiconductor, Semi Chamber Solutions, Semiconductor Service, Vacuum Technique Service.


• There will be some need to travel to UK & European locations, and maybe very occasionally to Asia or US locations, e.g. to other Vacuum Technique sites, key suppliers and, possibly, customers.


• The role requires very close interaction with Divisional level Engineering Managers and Marketing / Product Managers, as well as with peers at some other Product Companies, e.g. Engineering Managers, Quality Managers etc.


• Total budget accountability: $5.5-8.8m.


• Direct reports: typical 8-10.


• Total team size responsibility: 30-40.
  
  Bachelor or Masters degree in Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering or a related engineering discipline.


• MBA or equivalent management qualification would be preferred.


• CEng, Chartered Engineer, would be preferred.


• Significant experience in developing or supporting customer-deliverable electronics based products.


• Experience working in an electronics manufacturing environment.


• Experience working in a technical and people management role.


• Experience in a project management role would be preferred.


• Good understanding of electrical and electronic components and circuits.


• Good understanding of software development processes.


• Must be a good communicator and have excellent fluency in spoken and written English.
  
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