NPI Lead Engineer

About us

At Dyson we think differently challenge convention and are unafraid to make mistakes. Were creative collaborative practical and our worldclass Research Design & Development (RDD) organisation youll work with leading technical specialists and highly motivated creative people to invent design and develop marketleading products. Truly different and better.

About the role

As a Lead Design Engineer in New Category NPIyoulldrive the discovery and development of disruptive product concepts features and technologies that are completely new to teams within our world-class research design and development (RDD) function collaborating with technical specialists and creative engineers to build pioneering products and steer Dysons future direction.

What we need you to do

Lead technical innovation and concept creation

• Lead the ideation development and delivery of innovative concepts for Dysons new productcategories.
• Generate original product and technology ideas identifying market and userdriven opportunities through firstprinciples thinking and deep consumer insight.
• Establish deep understanding of consumer needs in new and emerging home spaces translating insights into strategic product opportunities.

Drive rigorous engineering development

• Oversee the design build and testing of prototypes; set technical direction and ensurereadiness for review and demonstration to senior stakeholders.
• Architect and design complex electromechanical systems ensuring robust function scalability and alignment with longterm platform needs.
• Lead integration of electronics sensors actuators mechanisms and software into sophisticated prototypes.

Ensure engineering excellence

• Guide definition of system requirements specifications interfaces and critical parameters ensuring traceability and clarity.
• Own and review test plans simulations hand calculations and performance analysis; challenge assumptions and drive sound engineering judgement.
• Maintain high standards of documentation technical reporting and design rationale enabling alignment and strong stakeholder communication.

Collaborate influence and lead

• Partner with Research NST and external suppliers to integrate emerging technologies into functional product architectures.
• Provide technical leadership to Senior and Design Engineers mentoring coaching and elevating engineering capability across the team.
• Present compelling evidence demonstrations and recommendations to senior technical and business stakeholders.

Champion innovation and continuous improvement

• Monitor industry trends scientific advancements and new engineering methods; introduce tools processes and techniques that raise team capability.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across NPI relating to design quality rigour prototyping methods and lab practice.
• Advocate for a culture of creativity experimentation and bold technical exploration.

About you

Qualifications & experience

• Degree in Engineering or Science or equivalent experience.
• 7 years experience in product development with proven leadership of complex projects and teams.
• Exceptional creativity and problem-solving skill with a strong record of bringing original ideas to market.
• Strategic thinker able to set vision and technicaldirection anddrive multidisciplinary teams for results.
• Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD (NX preferred) and experience with PLM systems (e.g. Teamcenter).
• Strong capability in prototyping test design data analysis and firstprinciples problem solving.
• Experience integrating electronics sensors actuators and control systems into functional prototypes.
• Solid grounding in manufacturing processes DFM/DFA and earlystage cost/performance tradeoffs.

Skills & behaviours

• Inspiring technical leader with strong communication influence and mentoring capability.
• Highly creative evidenceled problem solver with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity.
• Proactive organised and able to manage multiple innovation streams in a fastmoving dynamic environment.
• Proficient in written and spoken English enabling seamless collaboration with global and local teams.

How youll work

• You set the bar for engineering rigour creativity and leadership.
• You thrive in ambiguity build clarity through experimentation and insight and empower others to excel.
• You balance visionary thinking with pragmatic engineering execution.
• You cultivate a team culture of ownership curiosity collaboration and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Dyson monitors the market to ensure competitive salaries and bonuses. Beyond that youll enjoy professional growth leadership development and new opportunities through regular reviews and dynamic workshops. With a vibrant culture access to the latest devices and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit its an exciting environment designed to fuel and realise ambition.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds dont think alike and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race colour religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.