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The Head of NPD will provide system-level direction across all engineering disciplines — mechanical, electronics, firmware, software, and AI. This is a cross-functional product-development leadership role requiring system-level thinking and broad engineering understanding rather than deep specialisation in one discipline
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end product development from concept through to productisation
Translate product and business requirements into technical and system-level requirements
Define system architecture and major technology choices for the NPD programme
Coordinate mechanical, electronics, firmware, software and AI teams across all projects
Maintain a system-level view of the complete product and understand cross-discipline dependencies
Drive concept development, prototyping, design reviews, testing and validation cycles
Set development priorities, milestones and technical deliverables for the team
Establish reusable architectures, modules and engineering standards across NPD
Coordinate external vendors, technology partners and manufacturing teams as required
Mentor the engineering team and build a strong product development culture at Aegeus
Qualifications
Engineering degree in Mechanical, Electronics, Mechatronics or Robotics
12-14 years of experience in similar function
Robotics, automation, industrial or defence product experience
Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams
Concept → Prototype → Testing → Productisation track record
Work arrangement
Hybrid
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