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Job Title
Engineering Manager - Mat Char
Location(s)
High Wycombe
Job Description
Engineering Manager, R&D — Material Characterization
PerkinElmer | High Wycombe, UK
Reports to: Director, R&D — Material Characterization
Scope: Line and delivery leadership of the multidisciplinary Material Characterization R&D engineering team — mechanical, optical, electronics, software and firmware — developing IR, UV-Vis and Thermal Analysis instruments (Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, UV-Visible spectrometers and differential scanning calorimeters).
Purpose of the role
Lead and develop the multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the design, development and support of PerkinElmer’s Material Characterization hardware portfolio — high-precision optical and thermal-analysis instruments spanning optical benches, detectors and sources, precision mechanisms, embedded electronics and firmware, and instrument control software. The role owns the day-to-day of the engineering project portfolio — new product development, platform work and sustaining engineering — and is accountable for the capability, performance and growth of the team. Working closely with the Director of R&D and the Systems Engineering lead — who owns system architecture, requirements and design verification — the Engineering Manager is accountable for detailed discipline design, build and delivery, turning roadmap commitments into predictable, high-quality execution and building an environment where engineers do their best work.
Key responsibilities
1. Team leadership and development
Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineers across mechanical, optical, electronics, software and firmware disciplines.
Own resource planning and allocation across projects; balance new product development, platform work and sustaining engineering.
Recruit, retain and grow talent; build succession depth and technical capability across the team.
Set clear objectives, give regular feedback and manage performance with a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
2. Delivery and execution
Deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality; improve predictability through disciplined planning and risk management.
Uphold phase-gate and design-review rigour in partnership with Systems Engineering; ensure detailed-design decisions are documented, reviewed and risk-assessed.
Track and report progress, risks and mitigations to the Director of R&D and project stakeholders.
Remove blockers and manage dependencies across disciplines, suppliers and partner sites.
3. Engineering excellence and Design for Excellence
Embed Design for Excellence — manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, quality, cost, sustainability and usability — in everyday engineering practice, including optical and precision-mechanical assemblies.
Champion modular, reusable design across optical, precision-mechanical, electronic and firmware sub-systems, and reduce complexity across product families.
Develop and maintain engineering processes, standards and tools that raise the quality and efficiency of the team’s output.
Support value engineering and total cost of goods improvements without compromising customer outcomes.
4. Cross-functional collaboration
Work with Product Management, Science, Systems Engineering, Operations, Quality, Service and Supply Chain to deliver products that succeed commercially and operationally.
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