Electronics Engineering Team Lead

The Electronics Engineering Team Lead is responsible for leading, developing and driving the performance of the Electronics Test Team to deliver high-quality verification, validation, reliability and failure analysis activities across the full product lifecycle, from concept development through to volume manufacture and sustaining engineering.

The Electronics Engineering Team Lead is accountable for ensuring that products are thoroughly verified and validated against requirements, risks are identified and mitigated, and robust test strategies are implemented to support business objectives.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and develop the Electronics Test Team to achieve business and engineering objectives.
• Set clear expectations, objectives and performance standards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, quality, delivery and continuous improvement.
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching and development activities.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, succession planning and skills development.
• Ensure the team has the capability and capacity to meet current and future business needs.

The Electronics Engineering Team Lead is responsible for leading, developing and driving the performance of the Electronics Test Team to deliver high-quality verification, validation, reliability and failure analysis activities across the full product lifecycle, from concept development through to volume manufacture and sustaining engineering.

The Electronics Engineering Team Lead is accountable for ensuring that products are thoroughly verified and validated against requirements, risks are identified and mitigated, and robust test strategies are implemented to support business objectives.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and develop the Electronics Test Team to achieve business and engineering objectives.
• Set clear expectations, objectives and performance standards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, quality, delivery and continuous improvement.
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching and development activities.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, succession planning and skills development.
• Ensure the team has the capability and capacity to meet current and future business needs.

• Plan, prioritise and deliver verification, validation, reliability and failure analysis activities.
• Manage project schedules, resources, risks and dependencies using Agile methodologies, Jira and MS Project.
• Ensure test readiness and delivery milestones are achieved.
• Provide accurate reporting, forecasting and escalation of programme issues.

• Define and maintain verification, validation and test governance processes.
• Review and approve test plans, procedures, acceptance criteria and reports.
• Ensure appropriate test coverage, traceability and risk-based verification.
• Drive consistency, standardisation and best practices across all test activities.

• Own and improve KPIs relating to quality, reliability, delivery, productivity and manufacturing yield.
• Develop performance reporting and dashboard metrics.
• Drive process improvements through data analysis, lessons learned and engineering best practice.
• Ensure compliance with engineering, quality and documentation standards.

• Define test strategies across the product lifecycle.
• Maintain effective test infrastructure, equipment, tools and automation capabilities.
• Support manufacturing through diagnostics, yield improvement and test optimisation.
• Ensure robust, scalable test solutions are implemented for new products.

• Lead reliability testing, qualification and risk assessment activities.
• Apply reliability engineering principles throughout product development.
• Lead FMEA, root cause investigations and corrective action processes.
• Drive reduction of recurring issues through structured problem-solving and continuous improvement.

• Work closely with Product, Design, Software, Manufacturing, Quality and Operations teams.
• Support product introduction, qualification, issue resolution and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership during customer, supplier and internal investigations.
• Influence business and engineering decisions through data-driven analysis and KPI reporting.
• Foster collaboration to achieve successful delivery, quality and reliability outcomes.

• Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering (or equivalent).
• Proven experience leading and…