25 of 25 Permanent Technical Leadership Jobs in Kent

Principal Test Development Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Addition
Location
Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£64,250 per annum
automated test capability supporting complex electronic products and systems. You’ll remain hands-on with sophisticated electronic and software-based test solutions while providing technical leadership, supporting production-critical equipment and helping to shape the organisation’s future test strategy. The Opportunity As Principal Test Development Engineer … with engineering, design and manufacturing teams to create robust test solutions, embed Design for Test principles and ensure test capability continues to meet evolving technical and operational requirements. This is a highly technical position suited to someone with extensive TestStand, LabVIEW and Automated Test Equipment experience ...

Lead Engineer (TypeScript & Node.js)

Hiring Organisation
INFUSED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Location
Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£95,000
digital products, platforms and engineering capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join a talented team, combining hands-on technical expertise with people leadership, mentoring and architectural ownership. You'll play a key role in strengthening backend engineering capability, championing modern development practices … focus of the role will be developing deeper backend engineering capability across the team, particularly in TypeScript and Node.js. You'll set technical direction, support the growth of your engineers and work closely with stakeholders across the business to deliver high-quality software. This is a hands-on technical ...

Principal Test Development Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Gold Group
Location
Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
maintaining the automated test capability that supports complex electronic products throughout their lifecycle. The Role As a Principal Test Development Engineer, you will provide technical leadership within the test engineering function while remaining hands-on with complex electronic and software-based automated test solutions. You will lead … products and electronic subsystems. Work closely with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to embed Design for Test (DFT) principles into new product development. Provide technical leadership within the test engineering function. Mentor and support engineers, helping to develop technical capability across the team. Troubleshoot and resolve complex test ...

Remote Senior Data Scientist (f/m/d)

Hiring Organisation
Awin
Location
Westerham, Kent, UK
will work closely with business stakeholders, Product, Engineering, and Data teams to identify opportunities, shape problem definitions, and translate business challenges into practical technical solutions. You will be responsible for defining success metrics, establishing evaluation frameworks, and ensuring analytical solutions remain reliable, scalable, and aligned to business objectives. … will lead the development of end-to-end feature pipelines, models, and MVPs, balancing rapid experimentation with long-term sustainability. You will also provide technical leadership to other data scientists, contribute to best practices across the team, and help foster a collaborative, data-driven culture within the organisation. ...

Lead Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Sittingbourne, Kent, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Engineer/Team Lead to join a highly innovative engineering organisation working on complex, technology-driven projects. This is an excellent opportunity to combine technical leadership with people management, guiding a team of talented engineers while contributing to the successful delivery of sophisticated engineering solutions. The RoleThis position … responsible for leading, mentoring and developing engineers within a systems engineering environment. You will provide technical guidance, support career development and wellbeing initiatives, and help shape the long-term capability of the team. Working closely with project and engineering stakeholders, you will contribute to technical decision-making, resource ...

Senior/Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Sittingbourne, Kent, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
lead the design and delivery of embedded software for complex, safety critical systems. You will develop drivers, protocols and human-machine interfaces. Responsible for technical direction and ensuring robust, certifiable solutions. Working across the full lifecycle, you will define architectures and solve complex engineering challenges through integration, verification … validation. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and influence best practice. Engaging with customers and stakeholders, you will shape strategy, drive innovation and play a key role in delivering high-impact solutions. Core Duties: Leading design and development of embedded software, including drivers, protocols, human-machine interfaces ...

Senior/Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Kent, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
lead the design and delivery of embedded software for complex, safety critical systems. You will develop drivers, protocols and human-machine interfaces. Responsible for technical direction and ensuring robust, certifiable solutions. Working across the full lifecycle, you will define architectures and solve complex engineering challenges through integration, verification … validation. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and influence best practice. Engaging with customers and stakeholders, you will shape strategy, drive innovation and play a key role in delivering high-impact solutions. Core Duties: Leading design and development of embedded software, including drivers, protocols, human-machine interfaces ...

Principal Test Development Engineer

Hiring Organisation
QinetiQ
Location
Ashford, Kent, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
lead the development and evolution of automated test systems, support production-critical test equipment, work closely with design and manufacturing teams, and provide technical leadership within a specialist engineering discipline. You'll have the opportunity to shape future test strategy while remaining hands-on with complex electronic … capability for products and subsystemsWorking with engineering teams to embed Design for Test (DFT) principles into new product developmentMentoring and supporting engineers while providing technical leadership within the test functionDeveloping documentation, processes and future test strategies to support production and new product introductionEssential experience of the Principal Test ...

Cornerstone Learning Management System (LMS) Lead

Hiring Organisation
South East Water
Location
Snodland, Kent, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 45,000 Annual
Summary: We are seeking a Cornerstone LMS Lead to drive the technical configuration, audit, and optimisation of our Cornerstone OnDemand platform in support of a major Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) regulatory project. You will be responsible for mapping, building, and delivering mandatory training and compliance competencies for approximately … critical water quality roles. In this technical lead position, you will resolve legacy configuration issues, establish data cleanliness best practices, optimise our Workday integration, and enhance technical training management on TAP. Working alongside dedicated Subject Matter Experts who manage stakeholder negotiation, your focus will be purely on evaluating ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer Backend Technologies, Platform (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Dover, Kent, UK
foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. This role is fully hands-on, requiring active involvement in coding, development, and implementation of technical solutions. You will also be called upon to lead more junior engineers and collaborate with other teams. Responsibilities: Lead and design, development, and optimization … Java and serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda). Architect and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems to support high-performance, distributed applications. Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices. Contribute to the development and integration of user-facing frontend components ...

Cornerstone Learning Management System (LMS) Lead

Location
Snodland, England, United Kingdom
Summary: We are seeking a Cornerstone LMS Lead to drive the technical configuration, audit, and optimisation of our Cornerstone OnDemand platform in support of a major Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) regulatory project. You will be responsible for mapping, building, and delivering mandatory training and compliance competencies for approximately … critical water quality roles. In this technical lead position, you will resolve legacy configuration issues, establish data cleanliness best practices, optimise our Workday integration, and enhance technical training management on TAP. Working alongside dedicated Subject Matter Experts who manage stakeholder negotiation, your focus will be purely on evaluating ...

Senior Developer

Location
Stansted Mountfitchet, England, United Kingdom
reliable and trusted provider of services to Corporate, Airline and MRO customers worldwide. We are seeking a Senior Developer to join our ROAM Technical Services team and play a key role in the development, support and continuous improvement of our software solutions. The successful candidate will … ROAM platform. Type of Employment: Full time. Competitive salary. Tasks to include: Act as a senior hands‐on developer within the ROAM Technical Services team, delivering robust C#/.NET solutions. Own complex development tasks from analysis and design through implementation, testing, deployment and support. Provide technical guidance ...

Remote Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Canterbury, Kent, UK
reliable software ● Engineer backend APIs, Graph, and AI-driven products, including agentic and generative AI capabilities ● Assume full ownership of assigned tasks, demonstrating leadership, and setting a positive example as a Senior member of the team. Ensure that each task is executed with a high level of competence … commitment, and in alignment with team goals ● Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for software development projects and teams. ● Partner with cloud architects and leads to design the requirements for backend services and APIs ● Contribution and construction of the product roadmap including design and testing of POC products ...

Hardware Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Kent, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
seeking a Hardware Team Leader to join its defence and aerospace engineering team in Kent on a permanent basis. The role involves providing technical and managerial leadership to an electronics design team supporting safety-critical products, including helmet-mounted and head-up displays, mission computers, flight controls … active inceptors. Key Responsibilities: Providing managerial and technical leadership to a team of hardware and electronics engineers Managing work packages, costs, schedules, risks and opportunities throughout the product lifecycle Working closely with production teams to ensure engineering activities support programme demand Providing technical governance and ensuring compliance ...

Project Engineer

Location
Rochester, England, United Kingdom
grid system monitoring projects. This is a technically focused role where you’ll take responsibility across the full project lifecycle — from initial design and technical development through to testing, commissioning and final customer handover. Working closely with Project Managers, Designers, customers and site teams, you’ll provide technical leadership and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required standards, while keeping a close eye on quality, timescales and cost. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on a variety of technically challenging projects involving advanced metering, grid monitoring, communications and control systems. What ...

Remote Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Folkestone, Kent, UK
delivery, and you'll care as much about code quality and operational reliability as you do about getting things shipped. This is also a technical leadership role. As a senior member of the team, you'll set and lead the technical direction of our Insights platform. This … your projects, from understanding the data domain through to pragmatic design, shipping, and keeping things running reliably in production. Set and lead the technical direction of the Insights platform, and communicate it openly across engineering and the wider business, so product and commercial colleagues understand the choices ...

Remote Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Eastchurch, Kent, UK
Engineering Manager to make sure the way we lead, develop and support engineers grows with it. The Role This is a genuine people leadership role. You’ll manage approximately 12 engineers working across three product teams, with the team expected to continue growing. Each product team has a Tech … Lead responsible for technical direction, alongside Product and Design. Your focus is different: the engineers themselves. This isn’t a role for somebody looking to move away from engineering completely, though. You’ll need enough technical depth to understand the work, follow engineering discussions and ask good questions ...

Remote Engineering Manager, Cloud Platform (UK)

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Romney Marsh, Kent, UK
looking for a technical architect who can drive development velocity across a team of 10–15 engineers building cloud-native applications. This is a hybrid role: deep hands-on technical leadership combined with people management. What you'll do Lead the architecture, performance, and scalability … hyperscaler-agnostic, and you'll ensure architectural decisions preserve that portability across GCP, Azure, and other cloud providers. You'll own the technical direction of the platform, mentor senior engineers, and partner with product and engineering leadership to ship high-quality systems quickly. You'll also manage ...

Delivery Director

Location
Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
SUMMARY Job Summary: This is a pivotal role at the heart of Apogee’s evolution. You will lead our Project Management Office (PMO) and Technical Engineering Functions , bringing together deep technical expertise and operational excellence to deliver world‐class customer outcomes. With around 50 professionals reporting into … ambitious growth plans ahead, you will shape and scale our technical delivery capability – spanning everything from Cat6 cabling to cloud migrations , infrastructure to audio‐visual , and complex MPS software solutions . You will work closely with our commercial teams to align delivery capacity with demand, drive efficiency and profitability ...

Remote Linux Kernel Developer - Drivers (Remote/Anywhere)

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Ashford, Kent, UK
discussions. n Key Responsibilities Discuss Linux core system technologies with clients and represent Collabora at conferences and trade shows to demonstrate and promote our leadership in the open source arena Analyze client problems and design solutions leveraging open source technologies and Collabora's technical expertise Define and scope … client projects in collaboration with the delivery team Contribute publicly to open source projects to further strengthen Collabora's technical leadership Gain working knowledge of customers’ products, applications, technical and business strengths and target markets Understand client needs and reconciling time constraints, available technologies and resources ...

Consultant, Professional Services

Location
Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and Engineering teams to expedite issues, contribute to product feedback, and ensure successful client outcomes. Mentor and provide technical leadership to associate consultants and implementation team members, including knowledge sharing, solution reviews, and delivery oversight. Deliver client training and change management activities ...

Remote Staff Software Developer, Mobile

Hiring Organisation
grabjobs
Location
Rochester, Kent, UK
delivering broad impact. We recognise that job titles and responsibilities vary across companies; throughout our interview process we assess each candidate’s experience, technical depth and overall impact to ensure alignment with the appropriate level at Slice. The Team You will be part of our Devices development team that … apps with Swift, SwiftUI, Combine and Core Data. Hands-on experience designing, developing and maintaining Android applications with Kotlin & Jetpack Compose is required. Technical leadership and strategic impact: able to guide complex projects end-to-end, influence architecture decisions and lead peers. Experience with Python, particularly in developing ...

Project Engineer: Metering & Grid Monitoring (Hybrid UK)

Location
Rochester, England, United Kingdom
projects, from design through testing and final handover, in a hybrid working arrangement. You’ll work closely with project managers, designers and customers, providing technical leadership, reviewing designs, and coordinating installation and commissioning at customer sites. The role requires strong electrical engineering knowledge, problem solving, and the ability ...

Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Redline Group Ltd
Location
Dartford, Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£60,000
background, either mechanical or electronic background. Skills and Responsibilities of this Project Manager job: - Create project plans, present to and review with customers. - Provide technical leadership and direction to cross functional project teams (hardware, software, mechanical). - Manage the NPI development and ensure new products are delivered ...

Clerk of Works (M&E)

Location
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
across our property portfolio. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with strong mechanical, gas, heating and building services experience who can provide technical leadership and assurance across a wide range of M&E installations. What’s in it for you? As Clerk of Works (Mechanical & Electrical … delivered by contractors, ensuring works are completed to the required standards of quality, safety, time and cost. You will act as the Council's technical specialist for a wide range of building services installations, providing expert advice on repairs, maintenance and long-term asset solutions. You will oversee works ...