Head of Electronics

Head of Electronics

Cambridge

It is an exciting time to come and join the Sepura team. We are on the lookout

for a Head of Electronics to play a key role within the Development team.

As an experienced leader managing Electronics engineers you will have a strong

hands-on technical background with the energy and motivational skills to shape

the way the RF and Baseband teams deliver products to market and define the

Sepura Electronics roadmap.

Come and join Sepura Ltd at an exciting time of growth and progress your

career within this innovative technology company, based in Waterbeach,

Cambridge

**Your role**

As Sepura Head of Electronics you will be based in Cambridge and will lead and

inspire Sepura’s electronic design teams, consisting of RF; Baseband and

Technicians. You will be responsible for ensuring timely delivery of the

electronics for the next generation of mission critical radio products and

systems from conception through to production, whilst maintaining the current

range of products via design improvements and updates and evolving company

processes as we move into a new technology. A proven track record of

energising and motivating teams to consistently deliver will be essential to your

success.

**Your day to day**

Our customer base includes many different industries and markets around the

world. Our complete TETRA and LTE solutions have been developed specifically

for users in multiple sectors to face their critical communications challenges.

There is no such thing as a typical day here at Sepura. You will be supported by

your manager and team, as well as collaborating with other departments across

the business. As Head of Electronics, activities you will be responsible for

include:

- Manage and technically guide a talented pool of engineers to deliver

innovative solutions.
- Create an environment with a focus on delivery, ownership and driving for

high performance.
- Provide technical input directly to projects. Set and review team

deliverables and objectives.
- Coordinate with project managers and department heads to ensure

resources are effectively allocated to technical and design activities to

meet project delivery timescales in line with business needs.
- Ensure customer support issues are managed in line with business

priorities.
- Liaise with the CTO, Advanced Technology Group and Product Managers

to support delivery of the product strategy roadmap and create the

Electronics roadmap.
- Set and review objectives for the engineering teams to help them grow

and achieve their full potential in line with delivering the business

strategy.
- Ensure that the skills and experience of the Electronics teams is mapped

and is consistent with the technological and business needs for providing

quality Mission Critical communications products to meet the roadmap.
- Develop plans to ensure the appropriate skills are available / developed to

support short, medium and long term business objectives.
- Ensure processes are adhered to and identify and implement process

improvement opportunities as they arise.
- Lead a culture of continuous improvement across the development teams

through quantitative and qualitative measurements and creation and

measurement of KPIs.
- Liaise with other development and business teams to support

manufacturing activities such as yield and capacity improvement

investigations.
- Communicate opportunities and risks to project stakeholders.

Some travel will be required.

This role will require security clearance.

**What you need to succeed**

**Qualifications**:

- Batchelors degree or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering

discipline

Experience and skills
- The role suits someone with hands on design experience of developing

electronic hardware who is capable of leading a team through a change in

technology.
- **Hardware Development**:You will come from a HW development

background with extensive experience of HW based development projects

from concept through to delivery in medium volume manufacturing

environments.
- **Hardware Architecture**:You will have a good understanding of HW

systems and architectures with hands-on experience of architecting and

designing solutions.
- **Decision Making**:Able to demonstrate examples of taking responsibility

for making pragmatic decisions.
- **People Management**:You are a well-practiced people manager with

extensive experience of setting goals, managing performance, and

motivating technical teams and individuals to deliver.
- **Problem Solving**:You will be experienced in delivering solutions to

complex problems through a logical process and well versed in the

practice of change management.
- **Team Leadership & Management**:Exceptional team leadership and

interpersonal skills are essential including recruitment, mentoring &
coaching, performance management, motivation, technical guidance and

arbitration, workforce and resource planning.
- **Priorities and Collaborat