VP Engineering

<h2>VP Engineering</h2><h2>Overview and purpose of the role</h2><h2>The purpose of this role is to:</h2><ul>
<li>Ensure that products are delivered according to roadmaps, meet design requirements, are manufacturable and consistently achieve positive experiences with customers</li>
<li>Management and leadership of the Engineering team</li>
<li>Hiring new talent</li>
<li>Maintain compliance with quality standards</li>
<li>Contribute to the Company’s strategy</li>
</ul><h2>Responsibilities</h2><h2>Leadership and management of the Engineering Team</h2><ul>
<li>Contribute to company strategy and priorities as a member of the executive team.</li>
<li>Lead, mentor and develop Engineering, recruiting the talent and building the capabilities needed to deliver business goals.</li>
<li>Set clear objectives, responsibilities and delivery commitments, supporting technical specialists to succeed</li>
</ul><h2>Product development and manufacturing</h2><ul>
<li>Own engineering delivery across the product lifecycle, from R&amp;D handover and platform development through qualification, manufacturing introduction and ongoing support.</li>
<li>Build realistic programme plans, define work packages and dependencies, allocate resources and manage change, escalating risks and delivery issues early.</li>
<li>Work with Sales and Field Applications to translate customer requirements into achievable engineering commitments and support design wins.</li>
<li>Ensure products meet performance, quality, reliability and applicable industrial, medical and automotive qualification requirements.</li>
<li>Deliver manufacturing test solutions that meet cost, yield and capacity targets.</li>
<li>Work with Operations, Quality and manufacturing partners to select suppliers and transfer products from pilot production to volume manufacture.</li>
<li>Identify opportunities to improve Flusso’s products and platforms.</li>
</ul><h2>Engineering capability</h2><ul>
<li>Establish proportionate engineering processes, standards and lifecycle practices that improve quality, repeatability and delivery efficiency.</li>
<li>Ensure teams have the equipment, software tools and facilities needed to deliver high-quality work.</li>
<li>Maintain safe, organised and well-maintained test laboratories, including compliant waste management.</li>
<li>Support compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements and drive continual improvement.</li>
</ul><h2>Business support activities</h2><ul>
<li>Manage engineering budgets and capacity in line with business priorities.</li>
<li>Build effective relationships across Engineering, Sales, Field Applications, Operations, Quality and external partners.</li>
<li>Support key customer and supplier engagements, business development and marketing activities.</li>
<li>Pursue relevant government-funded R&amp;D initiatives and technology partnerships.</li>
<li>Communicate engineering priorities, programme progress, risks and resource needs clearly to staff, the executive team and the Board.</li>
</ul><h2>Requirements</h2><h2>Qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience</h2><ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering or Science subject.</li>
<li>Demonstrable experience leading engineering teams delivering complex hardware products through development, qualification and manufacturing introduction.</li>
<li>Strong programme planning and delivery skills, including resource planning, work-package definition, dependency management, change management, risk control and early escalation.</li>
<li>Experience introducing or improving fit-for-purpose engineering processes and product lifecycle practices that improve quality and repeatability without unnecessary bureaucracy.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Experience working closely with Sales, Field Applications, Operations, Quality and manufacturing partners in a customer-led business.</li>
<li>Knowledge of ISO9001 and ISO14001 quality standards and procedures.</li>
</ul><h2>Profile</h2><ul>
<li>A delivery-focused engineering leader who makes commitments visible, builds realistic plans and helps teams deliver on time and to the required quality.</li>
<li>Able to lead and develop technical specialists, challenge and clarify requests constructively, and make sound resource decisions.</li>
<li>Customer-aware and commercially grounded, with the judgement to balance delivery speed, quality, risk and engineering capacity.</li>
<li>Introduces useful engineering discipline while keeping processes proportionate, practical and suited to a fast-moving business.</li>
<li>Collaborative and decisive, with clear communication across Engineering, Field Apps, Sales, Operations, Quality, the executive team and external partners.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul><h2>Benefits</h2><ul>
<li>Base salary</li>
<li>Bonus (% of base salary) based on company and personal performance</li>
<li>Workplace pension contribution 3% of full base salary (we can trade with salary level for higher)</li>
<li>Bupa Cash Plan Level 3 (employee only)</li>
<li>Private Medical insurance with cover for spouse/partner and dependent children</li>
<li>Group Life Insurance covers up to 4 x salary</li>
<li>25 days holiday plus bank holidays (adjusted for part time roles)</li>
<li>Support for relocation (loan discharged over two years service)</li>
<li>Hybrid home/office working, by agreement with line manager</li>
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