EI Hardware Supervisor

​We are currently recruiting for a permanent Hardware Supervisor - Electronics & Instrumentation, contracted to our Basildon site with majority time remote working. The main purpose of the role is to supervise a large team of hardware engineers, manage hardware project deliverables and design and develop electronic hardware.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervise hardware engineering staff and check that man-hours, investments and expenses are spent and recorded on appropriate/correct projects

• Ensure that manpower, material and budget needs are available to successfully carry out the responsibilities in the hardware projects to required quality level.

• Plan, allocate and follow-up human resource requirements for each R&D engineering project.

• Plan, budget, request and control investments and expenses for each R&D engineering project.

• Plan and monitor overall hardware engineering resources, request and recruit additional resources as required.

• Identify training needs and establish education plans/training programs for hardware engineering staff.

• Monitor performance and carry out regular reviews in line with company procedures of the hardware engineering staff (Performance Monitoring Process)

• Co-operate with project managers and product design engineers to plan, control and track all hardware engineering projects in the department

• Design, development, and evaluation testing of electronics hardware for instrument clusters, body electronics modules and smart power distribution units:

• Design & develop electronics hardware for clusters, body control and smart J/Bs with focus on cost efficiency and design for manufacturing.

• Lead Hardware Development projects and coordinate Hardware team members at technical level

• Provide Key technical specialist/reference role for Automotive electronics design activities

• Evaluate chosen design directions and confirm their suitability

• Preparing and issuing of documentation of the electronics hardware design, evaluation testing, release, etc.

• Discuss electronics hardware design strategies, procedures and solutions with customer.

• Interface and communicate with other participating Yazaki hardware engineering organisations

• Interface with component suppliers to assure cost efficient and high-quality product performance

• Manage Hardware Engineering project deliverables according to SHDP Hardware Development Plan

• Assure all deliverables meet required quality standards and timescales

• Support PM/PDL assessment of HW tasks and duration needed for all HW development activities.

• Report to project team on team progress against plan, presenting potential technical & resource issues, and agreeing countermeasures as necessary.

• Ensuring timely delivery of all HW project team deliverables

Requirements:

• Experienced in managing a large team

• Good level of Project Leadership experience      

• Design responsibility for 5 Hardware Electronic developments from concept through to mass production     

• Extensive experience with automotive manufacturing environment and automotive qualification/validation requirements.

• Extensive experience with engineering of electronics or instrument cluster within the automotive sector

• Very good presentation preparation and delivery skills.

• Full valid driving licence to drive in the UK

• Fluent in English

• Right to work in the UK - Valid Passport

• Ability to travel both in the UK and Overseas, sometimes at short notice

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary

• Pension Scheme

• Private Healthcare including medical cash plan

• Life Assurance

• 26 Holidays (Plus the bank holidays)