VP Engineering

VP Engineering

Overview and purpose of the role

The purpose of this role is to:

• Ensure that products are delivered according to roadmaps, meet design requirements, are manufacturable and consistently achieve positive experiences with customers
• Management and leadership of the Engineering team
• Hiring new talent
• Maintain compliance with quality standards
• Contribute to the Company’s strategy

Responsibilities

Leadership and management of the Engineering Team

• Contribute to company strategy and priorities as a member of the executive team.
• Lead, mentor and develop Engineering, recruiting the talent and building the capabilities needed to deliver business goals.
• Set clear objectives, responsibilities and delivery commitments, supporting technical specialists to succeed

Product development and manufacturing

• Own engineering delivery across the product lifecycle, from R&D handover and platform development through qualification, manufacturing introduction and ongoing support.
• Build realistic programme plans, define work packages and dependencies, allocate resources and manage change, escalating risks and delivery issues early.
• Work with Sales and Field Applications to translate customer requirements into achievable engineering commitments and support design wins.
• Ensure products meet performance, quality, reliability and applicable industrial, medical and automotive qualification requirements.
• Deliver manufacturing test solutions that meet cost, yield and capacity targets.
• Work with Operations, Quality and manufacturing partners to select suppliers and transfer products from pilot production to volume manufacture.
• Identify opportunities to improve Flusso’s products and platforms.

Engineering capability

• Establish proportionate engineering processes, standards and lifecycle practices that improve quality, repeatability and delivery efficiency.
• Ensure teams have the equipment, software tools and facilities needed to deliver high-quality work.
• Maintain safe, organised and well-maintained test laboratories, including compliant waste management.
• Support compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements and drive continual improvement.

Business support activities

• Manage engineering budgets and capacity in line with business priorities.
• Build effective relationships across Engineering, Sales, Field Applications, Operations, Quality and external partners.
• Support key customer and supplier engagements, business development and marketing activities.
• Pursue relevant government-funded R&D initiatives and technology partnerships.
• Communicate engineering priorities, programme progress, risks and resource needs clearly to staff, the executive team and the Board.

Requirements

Qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering or Science subject.
• Demonstrable experience leading engineering teams delivering complex hardware products through development, qualification and manufacturing introduction.
• Strong programme planning and delivery skills, including resource planning, work-package definition, dependency management, change management, risk control and early escalation.
• Experience introducing or improving fit-for-purpose engineering processes and product lifecycle practices that improve quality and repeatability without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Good technical breadth across relevant hardware product development, such as electronics, firmware, software, mechanical integration, prototyping, semiconductor or MEMS manufacturing. The role leads technical specialists; it is not the company’s principal technical authority.
• Experience working closely with Sales, Field Applications, Operations, Quality and manufacturing partners in a customer-led business.
• Knowledge of ISO9001 and ISO14001 quality standards and procedures.

Profile

• A delivery-focused engineering leader who makes commitments visible, builds realistic plans and helps teams deliver on time and to the required quality.
• Able to lead and develop technical specialists, challenge and clarify requests constructively, and make sound resource decisions.
• Customer-aware and commercially grounded, with the judgement to balance delivery speed, quality, risk and engineering capacity.
• Introduces useful engineering discipline while keeping processes proportionate, practical and suited to a fast-moving business.
• Collaborative and decisive, with clear communication across Engineering, Field Apps, Sales, Operations, Quality, the executive team and external partners.
• Pro active by nature, comfortable working in a technology-led, evolving business and willing to travel as required, including to partners in Europe and Asia.

Benefits

• Base salary
• Bonus (% of base salary) based on company and personal performance
• Workplace pension contribution 3% of full base salary (we can trade with salary level for higher)
• Bupa Cash Plan Level 3 (employee only)
• Private Medical insurance with cover for spouse/partner and dependent children
• Group Life Insurance covers up to 4 x salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (adjusted for part time roles)
• Support for relocation (loan discharged over two years service)
• Hybrid home/office working, by agreement with line manager