Hardware Applications Engineering Manager

Technical Leadership

• Ensure hardware application activities align with established system architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Lead and contribute to proposal evaluations, design reviews, and engineering assessments to maintain quality, reliability, and technical excellence.
• Manage technical risks across hardware programmes, including retrofits, upgrades, and customised customer solutions.
• Oversee integration of mechanical, electrical, and vision systems to deliver complete and reliable customer solutions.

Programme Execution & Delivery

• Manage engineering resources and capacity planning across multidisciplinary teams to support project commitments.
• Ensure timely execution and delivery of retrofit projects, upgrade programmes, and customer-specific hardware implementations.
• Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) readiness and ensure smooth transition from development to deployment.
• Support resolution of customer escalations by providing technical and operational leadership.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Serve as the key liaison between Applications Engineering and departments including Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Service.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical discussions, programme reviews, and project updates.
• Work closely with Software Applications teams to ensure alignment between hardware and software deliverables.
• Communicate project progress, risks, priorities, and resource requirements to leadership and key stakeholders.

People Leadership & Strategy

• Recruit, mentor, develop, and coach engineers across Mechanical, Electrical, and Vision disciplines.
• Support career development and succession planning for engineering team members.
• Establish organisational priorities and strategic direction aligned with business objectives.
• Build scalable team structures, processes, and operating models to support business growth.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive enhancements to engineering standards, design methodologies, and development processes.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions relating to quality, field, or delivery issues.
• Promote design standardisation, knowledge sharing, and engineering best practices.
• Implement tools and process improvements to improve productivity, efficiency, and execution predictability.