Responsibilities
- Owning end-to-end planning and delivery of the sub-system project across optics, electronics, mechanical, FPGA, and software workstreams, from concept through to design verification and transfer
- Building and maintaining the integrated project plan, including scope, schedule, milestones, critical path, and cross-discipline dependencies
- Leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and external development partners, coordinating activities and resolving technical and resourcing conflicts to keep delivery on track
- Establishing and running effective project governance, including regular reporting, steering reviews, and clear, accurate status communication to senior stakeholders
- Owning the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies), proactively identifying and mitigating risks before they affect schedule, cost, or quality
- Managing resourcing and capacity across disciplines, forecasting demand and working with functional leads to ensure the right skills are available at the right time
- Driving the project through the formal product development lifecycle, ensuring design control, verification and validation, and stage-gate requirements are met
- Managing external partners and suppliers, including statements of work, deliverables, and the technical and commercial commitments that underpin the project
- Tracking budget, effort, and cost against plan, and providing accurate forecasts to support decision-making
- Ensuring project documentation and deliverables meet the quality and traceability standards required for a regulated medical device (e.g. ISO 13485, IEC 62304, ISO 14971)
- AI is fundamental to our culture — it's not just a tool, but a core part of how we work, collaborate, and innovate. We expect all team members to embrace AI in their daily work and continuously find new ways to use it effectively.
Requirements
- Proven track record managing complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects through the full product development lifecycle
- Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams spanning optics, electronics, mechanical, FPGA, and software, alongside external development partners
- Strong command of formal project management processes, including planning, scheduling, critical-path management, reporting, RAID, resourcing, and budget control
- Experience delivering products that integrate hardware, embedded/FPGA, and software, with a sound understanding of the interfaces and integration challenges involved
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced start-up or scale-up environment, balancing process rigour with pragmatism and pace
- Strong technical fluency, with the ability to engage credibly with engineers across disciplines and challenge constructively when required
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with a track record of clear, accurate reporting to senior leadership
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with a track record of driving delivery without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
Nice to Have
- Experience working within or alongside regulated environments (e.g. medical devices, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, IEC 62304, ISO 14971, design controls) is highly desirable
- A recognised project management qualification (e.g. APM, PMP, PRINCE2) is highly desirable
Benefits
- Company equity plan so all employees share in the success of the company
- Salary-sacrifice pension scheme
- Private medical, dental and vision insurance (medical history disregarded)
- Group life assurance at 4x annual income
- Comprehensive mental health support, including unlimited access to 1:1 sessions with trained professionals
- Unlimited holiday allowance (+ bank holidays) and one week of remote working per quarter
- Lunch voucher (£10) every day for JustEat and free dinner on those days where you need to work later
- Twice weekly deliveries of fresh fruit and an extensive selection of snacks and drinks
- YuLife subscription, allowing you to turn your daily steps and meditation into discounts at a range of stores
Work Arrangement
On-site — London (Kings Cross)
Additional Information
- All team members work at least 4 days per week in the office, plus a flexible work-from-home day
