hardware engineer Stockport, England
Job description
Quest Global is a pure play engineering solutions company with a proven track record that serves the product lifecycle needs of high technology companies. A pioneer in offshore product development engineering, Quest Global is one of the largest engineering service providers that cater to diversified verticals. With its local-global model, Quest Global combines physical proximity to the customer providing domain knowledge and ease of interaction; along with delivery from low-cost locations that also provides easy resource ramp-up.
Primary Purpose of the Role:
The Hardware Engineering Manager (HwEM) is responsible for the completion of a set of engineering tasks within the committed cost, schedule, performance and quality. The related tasks may cover part or all the range of activities regarding customer needs, mission, function, architectural design, and life cycle of the hardware solution (requirements and specialty engineering, design, development, integration and verification).
They ensure Hardware Engineering activity management within constraints provided by the Solution Engineering Manager, the Solution and Hardware Architects.
In this capacity the Hardware Engineering Manager:
- Defines the Hardware development cycle in consistency with that of upper/same level elements (dependencies, co-engineering activities).
- Tailors the Hardware engineering environment (process, practices and tools) according to Company and Project requirements.
- Allocates responsibilities to individual contributors.
- Participates in the specification of the functions and interfaces of products to be developed.
- Participates in the definition of the architecture, and the allocation of functions, to the components for which they have primary responsibility.
The HwEM may also carry out the role of Work Package Manager which is defined in a separate job description as a cross-functional role.
Principal Relationships:
The HwEM works collaboratively with the Solution Engineering Manager and Software Engineering Manager to ensure that the engineering design is coherent and delivered in an efficient and professional manner.
The HwEM works transparently with the Project, Product and Self-Funded Research & Development (SFR&D) teams to provide clear and concise reports and information regarding progress and management of Risk and Opportunities in relation to the Engineering Design and Development tasks that they are responsible for.
The HwEM works collaboratively with the discipline leads to obtain resource and assistance required, including those outside of Job Family 05 (Hardware Engineering), to contribute to the delivery of the Design, Development and Qualification activities including subcontract engagement, as required.
The HwEM works collaboratively with the Hardware Products Manager and Hardware Products Architect to ensure the design is based on existing Products (building blocks) as much as practicable to capitalize on cost benefits, design efficiencies and to reduce technical debt.
The HwEM works with the team allocated to decide how the deliverable artifacts are to be produced in accordance with the milestone plan.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
Key responsibilities and tasks carried out by the Hardware Engineering Manager, principally DDQS, are captured in the following Chorus 2.0 Role definitions:
- HwEM: Hardware Engineering Manager
- HwIVQM: Integration, Verification & Qualification Manager
- WPM: Work Package Manager
- CM: Configuration Manager
A summary of the key tasks includes:
- Generation/maintenance of the Hardware Engineering Management Plan (HEMP)
- Management of Hardware Engineering deliverables throughout the product lifecycle.
- Cost and schedule adherence
- Management of expectations of key stakeholders (Solution Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Industrial Manager & Product Manager)
- Resource Management
- Milestone delivery performance
- Organization and Co-ordination of all Design Reviews & Independent Technical Reviews in accordance with the agreed lifecycle process
- Generation of hardware engineering estimates as part of company bids
- Engineering Quality and Performance
- Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification Management of the Hardware Solution
- Engineering governance, metrics and reporting Risk and Opportunity management
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £60,000.00-£80,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Day shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stockport, SK3 0XB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stockport, SK3 0XB
About Quest Global
CEO: Ajit Prabhu
Revenue: $500 million to $1 billion (USD)
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: https://www.quest-global.com/
Year Founded: 1997
