Job Description

Sustainment Engineering Lead (Electronics)

Wotton under Edge

up to 70000 depending on experience

Renishaws Machine Tool Products leads the market in delivering innovative high accuracy measurement solutions to CNC machining processes around the world.

Our patented touch trigger probe technology was first employed to measure intricate components for Concorde engines; today (and many iterations later) our products are the benchmark in high precision engineering for manufacturing hundreds of everyday items like mobile phones and laptops through to car and aircraft parts. Theres a good chance our probes were involved in the production of the device you are reading this on.

A position has arisen for a Sustainment Engineering Lead with an electronics background to take responsibility for a range of Current Products. The role owns product reliability test strategy cost of quality and obsolescence management while working closely with manufacturing procurement product management & Renishaw subsidiaries.

Core Responsibilities

• Product Ownership Act as the primary electronics owner for the Machine Tool Current Products line accountable for product performance reliability and ongoing engineering changes.

• Customer Return Investigations Oversee technical investigations into customer returns and field failures; define root cause corrective actions and preventive measures; ensure timely communication with service and customers.

• Continuous Improvement Upgrades Identify scope and deliver electronics upgrades that improve product performance and manufacturability.

• Production Test Specifications review and agree production test strategies test specifications and required test coverage for PCBs and product assemblies

• Cost of Quality Improvements Drive initiatives to reduce warranty costs scrap rework and field service interventions through design changes and product test improvements

• Component Obsolescence and Shortage Management Monitor component lifecycle and supply risk; develop and execute design implementation strategies for obsolescence mitigation last-time buys and approved alternates.

• New to Current Product Handover Review and agree handover of new products into the current products portfolio; ensure documentation test coverage and serviceability meet operational requirements.

• Team Leadership and Development Lead mentor and grow a small team of electronics engineers & technicians and allocate resources appropriately

• Cross Functional Collaboration Act as the electronics interface to product and technology owners procurement quality manufacturing and product management.

• Documentation and Compliance Ensure design documentation and Engineering change are maintained and meet the relevant regulatory standards.

Requirements

• Electronics degree (BEng/BSc/Meng) or HND/HNC with demonstrated practical experience.

• Relevant experience in electronics design and technical leadership

• Familiarity with ERP systems

• Familiarity with Change Management processes

• Experience managing component obsolescence shortages and second source verification.

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Clear technical communication skills

• The ability to work independently and prioritise under competing demands

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