Design Engineering Manager

Design Engineering Manager | Taunton | £65,000

I am working with an established and growing engineering manufacturer that develops specialist equipment for demanding, quality-focused industries. Its products combine mechanical, electronic and software engineering to help customers test complex systems safely, accurately and efficiently.

The business is investing in it’s engineering capability as it continues to grow, creating an opportunity to join a technically strong environment where quality, continuous improvement, and people development are priorities.

This is a newly created Design Engineering Manager position leading a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, and electronic design engineers. The role favours people management, but remains technically involved, combining people development, resource planning, and delivery accountability with technical reviews and design sign-off.

You will help strengthen engineering processes, improve quality and consistency, and ensure the team delivers against cost, quality and timescale expectations while working closely with stakeholders across the business

• Engineering degree, HNC/HND or equivalent technical education
• Design engineering experience within complex equipment, machinery, automation or a similar environment
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Knowledge of CAD packages and structured design processes.
• Experience conducting technical reviews and design sign-off
• Strong people-development and performance-management skills
• Experience improving engineering processes and ways of working
• Understanding of quality, compliance and risk-assessment processes
• Ability to influence stakeholders and hold teams accountable for cost, quality and delivery.

• Experience using Fusion 360 or similar 3D CAD software
• Background in automated test equipment, industrial machinery or complex electro-mechanical products
• Experience working within a mid-high volume manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with JIRA or similar project and workload-management tools.