PCB Layout Engineer - Team Lead
Clearance Level
BPSS
Salary Range
£58,000
Employment Type
FULL TIME
Work Style
hybrid
// Role Summary
Lead a talented PCB Layout team, developing complex layouts for diverse projects and mentoring engineers, while fostering strong stakeholder relationships and driving technical innovation.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead PCB Layout engineers, Program Managers, and Procurement Teams.
- Develop complex PCB layouts meeting technical, schedule, and quality requirements.
- Mentor team members and facilitate knowledge sharing.
- Engage with key stakeholders, manage workload forecasts, and review change proposals.
- Work with emerging technologies to meet high reliability and production yield demands.
// Role Specification
About the Role
Our PCB Layout team provides a comprehensive PCB Layout Service to all Internal Programmes, working with technologies ranging from PTH boards to complex HDI multilayer, rigid/flexi-rigid, surface mount, impedance matched, RF, and more. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to develop your technical and leadership skills across our broad range of products.
Key Responsibilities
As Team Lead, you will work closely with Layout engineers, Program Managers, Manufacturing Engineering, and Procurement Teams. Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing complex PCB layouts, ensuring they meet electrical, mechanical, thermal, and environmental technical requirements.
- Delivering layouts to agreed schedules.
- Leading the team's engagement with key stakeholders, ensuring clear and strong communication.
- Scheduling work and supporting the team to navigate complex issues.
- Supporting the management of workload forecasts and reviewing change proposals.
- Exchanging information with Technologists for developing and adapting emerging technologies to meet high reliability requirements, whilst maintaining high production yield, delivered on time, on cost, and on quality.
- Mentoring and participating in knowledge sharing with other team members.
What We Offer
- Salary: Circa £58,000 depending on experience.
- Location: Stevenage or Bolton sites (relocation package may be available).
- Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site.
- Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance).
- Pension: Maximum total contribution of up to 14%.
- Overtime: Opportunity for paid overtime.
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days.
- Flexible working arrangements welcomed.
- Enhanced parental leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity, neonatal, and fertility treatments.
- Facilities: Subsidised meals, free car parking, and more.
- Healthcare Cash Plan: Option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses.