Head of Design & Engineering

Job description

Job Description Sea-kit is seeking an experienced Head of Design & Engineering to lead its multidisciplinary engineering function for uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). In this role, you will oversee mechanical, electrical and control engineering, ensuring that innovative concepts evolve into reliable, certifiable and scalable offshore products. This role encompasses the engineering of the USV platform, its sensor suite and its payload deployment systems. You will work closely with software development teams and senior technical specialists, including the Lead System Engineer USVs, who owns system architecture and integration. Your leadership ensures that engineering outputs—and their interfaces with software—meet regulatory requirements, support production, and enable long-term platform stability. Your role: As Head of Design & Engineering, you will be responsible for shaping, governing and delivering Sea-kit’s engineering capability. In this role: You lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team across mechanical, electrical and control domains; You define, prioritise and track engineering deliverables across the product life cycle and ensure timely delivery of engi...