Principal Electrical Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

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.