Engineering Manager - Mat Char

High Wycombe United Kingdom

Location High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire GB

Job REQ-057916

Engineering Manager, R&D — Material Characterization

Perkin Elmer | High Wycombe, UK

Reports to: Director, R&D — Material Characterization

Scope: Line and delivery leadership of the multidisciplinary Material Characterization R&D engineering team — mechanical, optical, electronics, software and firmware — developing IR, UV-Vis and Thermal Analysis instruments (Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, UV-Visible spectrometers and differential scanning calorimeters).

Lead and develop the multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the design, development and support of Perkin Elmer’s Material Characterization hardware portfolio — high-precision optical and thermal-analysis instruments spanning optical benches, detectors and sources, precision mechanisms, embedded electronics and firmware, and instrument control software. The role owns the day-to-day of the engineering project portfolio — new product development, platform work and sustaining engineering — and is accountable for the capability, performance and growth of the team.

Working closely with the Director of R&D and the Systems Engineering lead — who owns system architecture, requirements and design verification — the Engineering Manager is accountable for detailed discipline design, build and delivery, turning roadmap commitments into predictable, high-quality execution and building an environment where engineers do their best work.

• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineers across mechanical, optical, electronics, software and firmware disciplines.
• Own resource planning and allocation across projects; balance new product development, platform work and sustaining engineering.
• Recruit, retain and grow talent; build succession depth and technical capability across the team.
• Set clear objectives, give regular feedback and manage performance with a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

• Deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality; improve predictability through disciplined planning and risk management.
• Uphold phase-gate and design-review rigour in partnership with Systems Engineering; ensure detailed-design decisions are documented, reviewed and risk-assessed.
• Track and report progress, risks and mitigations to the Director of R&D and project stakeholders.
• Remove blockers and manage dependencies across disciplines, suppliers and partner sites.

• Embed Design for Excellence — manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, quality, cost, sustainability and usability — in everyday engineering practice, including optical and precision-mechanical assemblies.
• Champion modular, reusable design across optical, precision-mechanical, electronic and firmware sub-systems, and reduce complexity across product families.
• Develop and maintain engineering processes, standards and tools that raise the quality and efficiency of the team’s output.
• Support value engineering and total cost of goods improvements without compromising customer outcomes.

• Work with Product Management, Science, Systems Engineering, Operations, Quality, Service and Supply Chain to deliver products that succeed commercially and operationally.
• Translate customer and business needs into engineering plans and priorities with the Director of R&D and Product Management.
• Support manufacturing transfer, supplier qualification, alternative sourcing and resolution of production and field issues.

• Ensure…