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Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Description - Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Salary: up to £75,000 basic DOE

Jackson Hogg is delighted to be partnering with an established advanced automation engineering business, who is looking to bring a Principal Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of complex product development projects.

This is a pivotal role for an experienced engineering leader who enjoys solving challenging technical problems, guiding multidisciplinary teams, and influencing engineering strategy. You'll play a key role in delivering cutting-edge products from concept through to production while helping to develop and mentor the next generation of engineers.

The Role

As Principal Engineer, you will:

* Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering projects

* Support the definition and delivery of engineering strategy and best practice

* Lead multidisciplinary teams through the full product development lifecycle

* Act as a senior technical authority for customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams

* Drive innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement

* Mentor and coach engineers at all levels

* Support customer engagement activities, proposals, and project planning

* Ensure engineering solutions are delivered to the highest standards of quality, performance, and compliance.

About You

You are likely to have:

* Degree qualification in Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronic, Systems Engineering or a related discipline

* Significant experience delivering complex engineering or product development projects

* Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams

* Strong understanding of the full product development lifecycle

* Excellent stakeholder and customer-facing skills

* A collaborative leadership style with a passion for mentoring others

* Chartered Engineer status (or working towards it) would be advantageous.

Suitable Backgrounds

We are particularly interested in candidates from sectors such as:

* Advanced manufacturing

* Automation

* Special purpose machinery

* Industrial technology

* Defence and aerospace

* Complex electromechanical products

* Engineering consultancy and product development environments.

If you are interested in this opportunity please get in touch using the details below
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed
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