Principal Consultant - Electronics & Systems Engineering

Description

Sagentia Innovation, part of Science Group plc, works with global market leaders and disruptive start-ups across the medical, consumer, industrial, defence, food & beverage, agriculture, energy and life sciences sectors. We help clients identify opportunities for growth and transform these into commercially successful products and technologies.

We are seeking a senior Electronics and Systems Engineer with product development to join our multi-disciplinary engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to combine technical leadership, programme delivery and client engagement while working on some of the most innovative product development programmes in the world.

You will lead the development of complex electromechanical and embedded systems from concept generation and technology feasibility through detailed design, verification, regulatory approval and transfer to manufacture. Based within the Electronics and Systems group, working with multi-disciplinary teams spanning electronics, software, mechanical engineering, applied science and industrial design, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Lead the architecture, design, development and integration of complex electronic and electromechanical systems

Define system-level requirements and decompose these into hardware, software and mechanical engineering work packages

Lead electronics hardware development including analogue, digital and embedded systems.

Oversee system bring-up, integration, and verification activities

Champion design excellence throughout electronics best practices including design reviews, FMEA, risk management and Design for Manufacture (DFM) activities

Support the development of innovative technical solutions, driving down risk early in the design flow through targeted feasibility studies and technical evaluation

Project Leadership

Manage multiple development projects and workstreams throughout the product development lifecycle

Develop project plans, resource forecasts and delivery schedules

Manage technical, commercial and programme risks

Ensure projects are delivered to time, quality and budget objectives

Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple concurrent projects

Facilitate effective communication between technical teams, clients and stakeholders

Client Engagement

Build trusted relationships with clients ranging from start-ups to multinational organisations

Lead technical discussions, project reviews and programme governance meetings

Translate client needs into clear engineering tasks and deliverables

Present technical proposals, project updates, issue resolution, and final outcomes to clients

Support business development activities including proposal preparation, bid support and technical consultancy.

People Development

Mentor and develop engineers across electronics, systems and product development disciplines

Provide technical coaching and leadership to project teams

Foster collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement

Contribute to capability development and technical best practice within Sagentia

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

Degree or postgraduate qualification in Electronics Engineering and/or Systems Engineering or a closely related discipline

Proven experience delivering products through the complete product development lifecycle

Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and multidisciplinary product development

Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams

Excellent client-facing, communication and stakeholder management skills

Strong problem-solving, planning and organisational skills

Technical experience should include

Analogue and digital electronics design

Embedded systems development

System architecture development

Requirements management within associated tools

Electromechanical systems

Product verification and liaison with test houses / notified bodies

Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)

Risk management and FMEA

Achieving compliance with recognised international standards

CAD-based product development

Prototype assembly, integration and characterisation

Transfer to manufacture

Desirable (experience may include one or more of)

FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog)

RF design and compliance testing

Motion control systems, sensors and actuators

MATLAB, Mathcad or equivalent analytical tools

Experience managing large, complex development programmes

Experience working within fast-paced innovation and consultancy environments

What we offer

Opportunity to work on pioneering, best in class technologies that transform ideas into innovative products with real world impact

Opportunity to work with a broad spectrum of clients from world-leading brands to fast moving innovative start-ups

Collaborative and highly capable multidisciplinary teams

Structured mentoring and professional development

Clear career progression opportunities

Competitive salary, bonus and benefits package

International exposure and client engagement opportunities