Head Of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Deep Sea Electronics is a truly global company with an industry-leading brand and reputation. Based in the UK, we are a leader in electronics manufacturing, specialising in controls and automation solutions, primarily for the power generation industry and diversification into other sectors, including mobile machinery and renewable technologies. With a strong commitment to innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction, we have established a global leading brand and market share of nearly 50%.

As Head of Engineering, you will lead the operational excellence of our multi-disciplinary engineering team ensuring technology alignment, global resource efficiency, and world-class delivery standards.

Key Responsibilities:

* Champion a culture of delivery, collaboration, and continuous improvement — empowering teams to take ownership, innovate, and grow through regular feedback and professional development

* Drive strategic alignment and execution excellence, ensuring all projects are delivered to the highest engineering standards, on time, and with measurable business impact

* Establish and maintain the Engineering Technology Roadmap, setting direction for platforms, tools, and capabilities that support long-term digital transformation and scalability

* Lead the integration of Cyber Security and Functional Safety into all engineering processes, embedding these disciplines as foundational pillars of quality and compliance

* Develop and deliver an effective Engineering Communication Plan, ensuring clarity of vision, transparency of priorities, and consistent stakeholder engagement across global teams

* Oversee and provide technical leadership to multi-disciplinary engineering teams, ensuring technical decisions align with strategic goals and architectural standards

* Be a key contributor to the setup, integration, and management of offshore engineering resources, building high-performing, globally distributed teams with clear governance and delivery models

* Collaborate with the Engineering Management Team to forecast and maintain long-term resource and capability plans aligned with product and business priorities

* Approve and guide the adoption of development tools, platforms, and key technologies

* Ensure consistency, scalability, and security across all projects. Provide general management and oversight of engineering offices and facilities, ensuring optimal utilisation, safety, and operational excellence

* Champion a segment of the product portfolio, to ensure process, product and market knowledge remains relevant

* Monitor and stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving regulations, assessing their relevance and potential to drive innovation and competitiveness

Requirements:

* Good knowledge of the power generation industry and control solutions

* Functional safety and cyber security and the CE marking process. Good understanding of electronic manufacturing process

* Understanding of product development and managing multi-discipline engineering teams

* Software development life cycles, tools and processes

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Familiar with combined stage gated (waterfall) / agile development approaches

* Risk identification and mitigation techniques

* Comfortable communicating with technical engineers

* Good communication skills and ability to discuss product development and areas of risk

* Enthusiastic and optimistic approaches

* Proven experience in leading new product design, development, and production

* Experience working with engineering project management teams

* Strong engineering management experience and use to working in a high-paced environment. Relevant degree-level education

Internal & External Relationships:

PMO – Collaboration on technology and product road map for high level resource planning

Technical Support – Assist with urgent customer issues, co-ordinate knowledge sharing and training

Product Management – Support during project inception stage and assist in requirements capture, application and market analysis and initial project estimates

Customers – Assist with technical sales, understanding and capturing technical requirements, will include some international travel to customer sites

Benefits:

* 25 days holiday + Bank Holiday. New flexible holiday scheme

* Bupa Healthcare package & Life Insurance

* Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

* 5% Pension contributions

* Companywide performance-based annual bonus scheme