Principal Consultant - Electronics & Systems Engineering

Sagentia Innovation, part of Science Group plc, works with global market leaders and disruptive start-ups across the medical, consumer, industrial, defence, food & beverage, agriculture, energy and life sciences sectors. We help clients identify opportunities for growth and transform these into commercially successful products and technologies.

We are seeking a senior Electronics and Systems Engineer with product development to join our multi-disciplinary engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to combine technical leadership, programme delivery and client engagement while working on some of the most innovative product development programmes in the world.

You will lead the development of complex electromechanical and embedded systems from concept generation and technology feasibility through detailed design, verification, regulatory approval and transfer to manufacture. Based within the Electronics and Systems group, working with multi-disciplinary teams spanning electronics, software, mechanical engineering, applied science and industrial design, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the architecture, design, development and integration of complex electronic and electromechanical systems
• Define system-level requirements and decompose these into hardware, software and mechanical engineering work packages
• Lead electronics hardware development including analogue, digital and embedded systems.
• Oversee system bring-up, integration, and verification activities
• Champion design excellence throughout electronics best practices including design reviews, FMEA, risk management and Design for Manufacture (DFM) activities
• Support the development of innovative technical solutions, driving down risk early in the design flow through targeted feasibility studies and technical evaluation

Project Leadership

• Manage multiple development projects and workstreams throughout the product development lifecycle
• Develop project plans, resource forecasts and delivery schedules
• Manage technical, commercial and programme risks
• Ensure projects are delivered to time, quality and budget objectives
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple concurrent projects
• Facilitate effective communication between technical teams, clients and stakeholders

Client Engagement

• Build trusted relationships with clients ranging from start-ups to multinational organisations
• Lead technical discussions, project reviews and programme governance meetings
• Translate client needs into clear engineering tasks and deliverables
• Present technical proposals, project updates, issue resolution, and final outcomes to clients
• Support business development activities including proposal preparation, bid support and technical consultancy.

People Development

• Mentor and develop engineers across electronics, systems and product development disciplines
• Provide technical coaching and leadership to project teams
• Foster collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement
• Contribute to capability development and technical best practice within Sagentia

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Electronics Engineering and/or Systems Engineering or a closely related discipline
• Proven experience delivering products through the complete product development lifecycle
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and multidisciplinary product development
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Excellent client-facing, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving, planning and organisational skills

Technical experience should include

• Analogue and digital electronics design
• Embedded systems development
• System architecture development
• Requirements management within associated tools
• Electromechanical systems
• Product verification and liaison with test houses / notified bodies
• Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
• Risk management and FMEA
• Achieving compliance with recognised international standards
• CAD-based product development
• Prototype assembly, integration and characterisation
• Transfer to manufacture

Desirable (experience may include one or more of)

• FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog)
• RF design and compliance testing
• Motion control systems, sensors and actuators
• MATLAB, Mathcad or equivalent analytical tools
• Experience managing large, complex development programmes
• Experience working within fast-paced innovation and consultancy environments

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on pioneering, best in class technologies that transform ideas into innovative products with real world impact
• Opportunity to work with a broad spectrum of clients from world-leading brands to fast moving innovative start-ups
• Collaborative and highly capable multidisciplinary teams
• Structured mentoring and professional development
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits package
• International exposure and client engagement opportunities