Electronics Project Lead

Electronics Project Lead/Manager

Birmingham

Full-time, Permanent

65,000- 80,000 salary plus pension, paid holidays and benefits.

About the Company

The Electronics Project Lead will join a modern, fast-growing technology business developing bespoke electronic devices for blue-chip industrial, engineering and FMCG customers. The company focuses on technology that helps organisations reduce waste, cut energy usage and improve quality and safety. It operates with a dynamic, youthful culture and encourages innovation, professional growth and cross-sector expansion.

The Electronics Project Lead Role

The Electronics Project Lead will coordinate multi-disciplinary R&D activity, working with electronics, embedded software and related engineering teams to deliver projects from concept to completion. This position suits a mid-career professional with an electronics background who enjoys communication, coordination and structured project delivery more than hands-on technical work.

As Electronics Project Lead, the role will include:

• Leading multi-disciplinary R&D projects involving electronics, embedded software and mechanical engineering.
• Planning and tracking milestones, actions and interdependencies.
• Coordinating people, budgets and resources to maintain progress and focus.
• Ensuring project activity aligns with customer outcomes and commercial priorities.
• Reporting status, risks and issues to senior leadership.

The Electronics Project Lead will need:

• Background in electronics or electronic devices, ideally in product development involving FGPA, electronic compatibility, electronic compliance, and interfacing with colleagues in Quality and Manufacturing.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
• Strong communication and influencing skills to ask detailed questions and follow up. effectively.
• Strong organisational ability and familiarity with project methods such as Agile, Waterfall or SCRUM.
• Customer-focused thinking and clarity when reporting to leadership.
• Experience from industrial automation, instrumentation, industrial electronics, automotive, medical devices or other complex technology sectors is relevant.

Please apply within to be considered.