Design Team Leader

Pertemps are recrutiing for a Design Team Leader on behalf of our client. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll manage a small but highly skilled design team, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to the highest standards. Working closely with other departments, you will drive forward innovation, mentor team members, and oversee the full product lifecycle – from concept through to delivery.

• £55,000 ( DOE )
• Based in Clevedon, BS21
• Mon-Fri / 8am-5pm / Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days WFH)

Key Responsibilities:

Take responsibility to deliver the right experience for our customers and generate profits for us all to share

Work together as a team, based on the values we have created together

Create real influence over our working lives by taking opportunities to develop ourselves, balance work and life priorities, and offer personal support

• Lead, mentor and develop a multi-disciplinary design team.
• Manage project planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
• Take a hands-on approach to hardware system design, schematic capture, and PCB layout.
• Support the introduction of new products while improving existing designs.
• Ensure quality, compliance and commercial goals are achieved across all projects.
• Collaborate with production, test and service teams to ensure a robust design process.

Essential Qualifications & Knowledge:

• Degree in Power Electronics, Embedded Electronics, Embedded Systems or equivalent.
• Proven experience in hardware system design.
• Strong experience in schematic and PCB layout (OrCad preferred).
• Skilled in the use of electrical test equipment (PSU’s, load banks, DMM/DVM, oscilloscopes/analysers, signal/function generators).
• Creative and methodical approach to design and test with strong analytical fault-finding skills.
• Knowledge of software IDEs, development boards, and emulators (advantageous).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel, Teams/SharePoint).
• Experience with Agile management tools (e.g. JIRA) and 123 Insight (advantageous).

Skills

• Good understanding of power electronics and their application in product design
• System design
• Good specification writing skills
• Good IT

if you are interested in this role, please click apply or call 0117 929 4422 option 3 and speak to Abigail Attwood or James Guyatt for more information.