At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor a high-performing electronics hardware team in the automotive sector.
- Company: Innovative automotive company focused on cutting-edge technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hands-on experience, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Opportunity to work across multiple sites and collaborate with diverse teams.
- Why this job: Combine technical leadership with hands-on product design in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in electronic hardware design and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Lead Electronics Engineer – Cambridge | 5 days on site | Salary dependent on experience
Are you a hands-onelectronics engineer looking to grow their career as a manager?
Do you have existing experience managing small teams?
Do you have a passion for the automotive industry?
We’re looking for someone to lead and develop a high‑performing Electronics Hardware team, delivering cutting‑edge systems in the automotive sector.
This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with direct involvement in product design, from concept through to production – 70% hands on, 30% leadership.
- What you’ll be doing
- Lead, mentor, and challenge an electronics hardware team across multiple sites, driving high‑level technical decisions, product roadmaps, and hardware architecture.
- Take ownership of designs from concept to production, including schematics, layouts, and system‑level integration, while collaborating with product owners, program managers, and other engineering teams to define milestones, requirements, and project plans.
- Work closely with manufacturing partners to optimise designs for cost and manufacturability, support continuous improvement, develop R&D concepts, ensure compliance with hardware design, testing, and manufacturing processes, and occasionally manage external hardware resources and travel to supplier or customer sites.
- What we’re looking for
- Proven experience in electronic hardware design for highly regulated industries, ideally automotive.
- Strong grounding in ECU architecture, embedded systems, analogue & digital circuitry, and motor/solenoid electronics.
- Experience taking designs from architecture through to production, including validation, debugging, and design for qualification (EMC/environmental).
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work across multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Leadership experience: mentoring, developing, and supporting engineers to deliver high‑quality solutions (desirable).
- Sponsorship is not available for this role.
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