Design Engineering Manager

Design Engineering Manager Warwick, UK Permanent Up to 25% travel We''re working with a global manufacturer of precision electronic and instrumentation products, supplying OEMs and distributors across agricultural, automotive, industrial, heavy truck, off-road, construction and process equipment markets. They''re looking for a Design Engineering Manager to lead their design engineering team through the full NPI lifecycle, concept development, design verification, design validation and product release, while staying close to the electronics themselves. This is a genuinely hands on leadership role. You''ll be as comfortable reviewing a schematic or signing off a PCB layout as you are running a kaizen event or coaching a team through a performance review. Strong electronic product design experience is what matters here, not experience in any one specific product category. Candidates from automotive, industrial, aerospace, instrumentation or adjacent electronics backgrounds are all of genuine interest, provided the hands on PCB and systems design experience is there. Responsibilities Lead and develop a multi-site design engineering team, including mentoring, coaching and performance management Provide engineering leadership throughout the NPI and development process Drive Continuous Improvement projects and run kaizen events Create schematics and generate Gerber files, drill plans, silkscreens and BOMs for new PCB applications Compile parts lists, order components, assemble and ..... full job details .....