Engineering Manager - Mat Char Job High Wycombe area,England UK,Engineering

Overview

Engineering Manager, R&D — Material Characterization, Perkin Elmer | High Wycombe, UK.

Reports to:

Director, R&D — Material Characterization. Scope includes leadership of the multidisciplinary Material Characterization R&D engineering team (mechanical, optical, electronics, software and firmware) developing IR, UV-Vis and Thermal Analysis instruments.

Responsibilities

Team leadership and development:
Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary team across mechanical, optical, electronics, software and firmware; manage resource planning and allocation; recruit, retain and grow talent; set objectives and maintain a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Delivery and execution:
Deliver projects to scope, schedule, cost and quality; manage phase-gate and design-review processes; document and risk-assess detailed design decisions; track progress and report to the Director of R&D and stakeholders; remove blockers and manage cross-disciplinary dependencies.

Engineering excellence and Design for Excellence:
Embed manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, quality, cost, sustainability and usability; champion modular, reusable design; develop and maintain engineering processes, standards and tools; support value engineering and cost improvements without compromising outcomes.

Cross-functional collaboration:

Work with Product Management, Science, Systems Engineering, Operations, Quality, Service and Supply Chain to deliver commercially and operationally successful products; translate customer and business needs into plans and priorities; support manufacturing transfer and supplier qualification.

Quality, compliance and continuous improvement:
Ensure compliance with quality, regulatory and product development requirements; capture learnings across development, launch, production and field; promote IP generation and protection.

First 90 days:
Understand current projects, priorities and roadmap; build relationships with the team and stakeholders; assess capability, workload and succession risk; prioritize development and hiring; review practices and establish a clear reporting rhythm.

Qualifications and experience

Essential
:
Degree in Engineering, Physics or related technical discipline; significant experience developing complex, high-precision optical, electro-mechanical or scientific instrumentation in an industrial R&D environment; proven line management or multidisciplinary engineering leadership; track record from concept through launch and sustaining support within a structured product development framework; strong planning, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Preferred
:
Advanced degree (MSc, PhD) or equivalent experience; domain knowledge of optical, spectroscopic or thermal-analysis instrumentation; experience with optical-bench design, detectors and sources, precision mechanisms, embedded control, thermal management and signal processing; experience with modular architecture, platform development and Design for Excellence methodologies; familiarity with hybrid Agile and phase-gate delivery models and modern engineering tool chains; experience working across sites and suppliers in a global, matrixed organisation.

Company

and equal opportunity

Perkin Elmer is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Perkin Elmer is a leading global provider of scientific solutions, delivering products and services to support customers across commercial, government, academic and healthcare sectors.

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