Manager — Electronics

Centre for Process Innovation Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading innovation organization in Sedgefield seeks an experienced Electronics Manager to provide technical leadership in HealthTech projects. The role involves managing a team, supervising product development, and engaging with stakeholders. Candidates should have a degree in a scientific field, management training, and significant experience in electronics engineering. This position requires at least two days on-site work per week.

Benefits

Up to 36 days holiday

Life assurance and accident insurance schemes

Qualifications

• Significant industrial experience at a senior level.
• Formal management training or equivalent experience.
• Professional mastery of principles in electronics assembly and systems design.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects from concept to production.
• Supervise and mentor a team of engineers and technicians.
• Contribute to CAPEX and OPEX budgeting.
• Act as a credible partner to Bid Development teams.
• Provide documented records of technical data and methodologies.

Skills

Electronics engineering

Complex problem solving

Team supervision

Technical leadership

Management training

Education

HNC / Foundation Degree in Scientific / Engineering discipline

Job description

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions areality. We’re ateam of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world abetter place.

Hybrid Working

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Why this role is important for CPI’swork

CPI has an exciting opportunity for an experienced electronics manager to join our Photonics and Electronics team, providing high-level technical leadership and expertise, managing and developing ahigh-performing team of engineers and production technicians to deliver agreed programmes of work to required standards. The Manager will act as technical lead in medium / large scale projects within avariety of HealthTech fields, such as IVD , wearables, sensor technologies, connectivity and drug delivery devices. The Manager will offer innovative solutions at technology team level (primarily centering around microcontroller based design of wireless and low power sensor systems), contributing extensively to development and improvement activities, identifying and addressing future needs of the team in order to deliver on area strategy.

Some exciting projects the team have recently worked onare:

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to) the below, please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page :

• Leading on and delivering projects involving electronics, and production from concept to production, ensuring customer needs andcost.
• Supervising, mentoring and developing ateam of high-performing engineers and production technicians, fostering acollaborative and innovative work environment.
• Feeding into CAPEX and OPEX budgeting
• Actively contributing to aculture of continuous capability development through coaching, mentoring and/or developing colleagues across the technology team and organisation, providing insights into areas of specialism.
• Building, maintaining and utilising anetwork of relevant external stakeholders, customers, partners, research organisations and authorities, to represent CPI and self as acredible expert, identifying opportunity for future projects and developments.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams, including other technology centres, and quality assurance, to integrate electronics and production processes into new and existing medical devices.
• Acting as acredible partner to the Bid Development teams, being actively involved in defining and advising on the technical elements of abid, in order to develop aprogramme of works and direct customer engagement. Seeking out and engaging in business development opportunities where appropriate.
• Being accountable for providing clearly documented records of technical data, decisions, methodologies, calculations and software use in an agreed format.

The person we are seeking

The Person

The successful candidate will be educated to aminimum of HNC / Foundation Degree level (or equivalent) in aScientific / Engineering discipline, have significant industrial experience at asenior leveland;

• Have successfully completed formalised management training / managerial development programme, or has equivalent experience
• Possess significant, technical expertise in integration and assembly techniques, as well as acompelling evidence of complex technical problem solving.
• Possess significant, technical expertise in Electronics engineering, as well as compelling evidence of complex technical problem solving.
• Exhibit professional mastery of principles and practices in integration and electronics assembly, and systems design and development gained through career to date in area of expertise.
• Be able to demonstrate evidence of building knowledge sharing and network building practice across teams and organisations to achieve desired results.
• Actively demonstrates in-depth technical and theoretical knowledge in integration and electronics assembly and can participate at high level in more than one area. Is viewed as an authority in at least one area by peers and managers.
• Be able to take responsibility for diverse or complex technical activities where it is necessary to use own initiative and judgement, implementing innovative solutions in business-critical situations.
• Possess sound experience of supervising agroup or team within an operational environment and experience of managing performance within theteam.

It would also be advantageous if the successful candidate had asupervisory or management qualification and;

• Held chartered status with arelevant professional institution.
• Was an active member of aprofessional body, engaging with peers beyond CPI.

What does CPI offeryou?

At CPI , we offer awide range of benefits to our employees, this includes:

• Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus aholiday purchasing scheme
• Life assurance and accident insurance schemes

Please note that this role will require aminimum of 2 days per week on site at Sedgefield

CPI is an organisation based in the UK . Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK , sponsorship may be available.