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Job Title: Hands-on Electronic Manager - Automotive
Location: Harlow, Essex
Salary: £65,000 to £80,000 basic + bonus + benefits
Employment Type: Permanent
Right to work: Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. They cannot offer sponsorship.
  
You must have a background in the Automotive sector with experience of CAN bus.
  
This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative engineering business where you'll spend around 70% of your time designing electronics, whilst providing technical leadership/Management and project oversight for a team of four experienced Electronics Engineers.

Rather than micromanaging the team, you'll be responsible for driving projects forward, ensuring delivery against key milestones, supporting technical decision-making and helping shape the future direction of the electronics function.
  
The Role - Hands-on Electronic Manager - Automotive
You'll lead the electronics engineering team whilst remaining heavily involved in the design and development of new products.
  
Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and mentoring a team of four experienced Electronics Engineers.
• Remaining hands-on with the design and development of electronic hardware.
• Managing multiple development projects, ensuring deadlines and project milestones are achieved.
• Designing a broad range of electronic circuits, with a strong emphasis on power electronics.
• Working across analogue and digital electronic design.
• Providing technical leadership throughout the full product development lifecycle
• processes and design methodologies.

The Role - Hands-on Electronic Manager - Automotive

We're looking for an experienced Electronics Engineer with both strong technical capability and proven leadership experience.
  
You'll have:

• Proven experience leading or managing an electronics engineering team
• A broad background in electronic hardware design
• Strong experience in power electronics (DC-DC converters, power supplies, LED drivers or similar)
• Experience across analogue and digital circuit design
• Experience managing engineering projects and coordinating multiple workstreams
• Automotive electronics experience
• CAN Bus knowledge

This is an opportunity to play a key role within a growing engineering business where you'll have genuine influence over both product development and the future direction of the electronics department.
  
If you're looking for a role that combines hands-on electronic design with technical leadership, we'd love to hear from you.
  
If you have any specific questions about this Hands-on Electronics Manager - Automotive in Harlow Essex call David on 01582 350052. To apply email – dphilpott@versorecruitment.com

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