George Blake
Engineering Development Team Lead
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Location: Camberley
Type: Permanent
Lead Innovation. Build Capability. Deliver Excellence.
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Development Team Lead to join a growing technology-focused organisation developing advanced products and manufacturing solutions.
This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical engineering expertise with team management responsibility. You'll lead a small team of multidisciplinary engineers responsible for developing automated test equipment, production support solutions, and engineering tools that enable the successful introduction of new products into manufacture.
You'll play a key role in shaping technical direction, improving engineering processes, mentoring engineers, and ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading, coaching and developing a team of engineers to achieve both technical and business objectives.
- Managing workload planning, resource allocation and project priorities across multiple concurrent activities.
- Driving the development of automated test systems, fixtures and associated electronics.
- Supporting the design, development and integration of embedded software and PC-based applications.
- Collaborating with design, manufacturing and software teams to improve product quality, testability and production efficiency.
- Monitoring project progress, identifying risks and ensuring delivery milestones are achieved.
- Producing technical documentation, specifications and development records.
- Supporting troubleshooting, root-cause investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Championing engineering best practice, innovation and knowledge sharing within the team.
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What We're Looking For
You'll be a technically capable engineering leader who enjoys balancing hands-on development work with people leadership and project coordination.
Essential Experience
- Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams within a product development or manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of electronics and hardware systems.
- Experience developing or supporting automated test equipment, production tooling or engineering systems.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability.
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Technical Background
Experience in two or more of the following areas would be highly beneficial:
- Electronic circuit design and analysis
- Embedded software development
- C, C++ or C#
- Automated test systems
- Production engineering
- Linux-based development environments
- Hardware and software integration
Qualifications
Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering environment where you can influence both technology and team development. You'll have the autonomy to drive improvements, contribute to exciting new product introductions, and help shape the future direction of engineering capability within the business.
If you're an experienced engineer ready to take the next step in your leadership career or an established team lead looking for a fresh challenge we'd like to hear from you.
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