Lead Engineer Prototyping job description

• The job will involve being responsible for the specification of new products and services across all major digital platforms. It will involve specifying infrastructure including the development, integration, test and service delivery infrastructure.
• To work with internal and 3rd party suppliers to ensure that the infrastructure delivered is cost effective and meets strategic business needs.
• To provide technical consultancy and advice to the technical and management teams as required.
• Being the technical expert for the team, guiding and managing a team of software engineers and technologists.
• Being the technical face for our team, working with internal and external colleagues to deliver technology products which meet the Research and Development's goals.

• To specify the requirements for the technical architecture and to work with internal technical teams and external suppliers to ensure that the architecture meets the needs of the ORGANISATION for efficient and robust delivery of the ORGANISATION's new services to help maintain its leadership in delivering innovation.
• To ensure that the infrastructure is developed in a manner that supports delivery of services to multiple platforms, resilience, performance, accommodates external suppliers.
• To act as technical authority for major technical projects assessing and approving technical proposals, and reviewing progress to ensure they meet business needs.
• To work with the technical teams, product owners and 3rd party supplier to ensure that technical solutions are aligned with the department’s technical strategy.
• To assist the technical teams with the definition of project scope and technical approach during project inception and to assist in defining implementation strategies and to monitor technical progress.
• To be responsible for communicating and documenting the technical architecture.
• To keep abreast of technical developments of strategic importance and to participate in developing or setting standards as directed.
• To assist the senior team identifying strategic requirements and advising on roadmaps and migration plans to achieve strategic goals.
• To assist with improving the standard of technical delivery and competencies within the technical teams.
• To provide technical advice and consultancy to management and commissioning teams on matters of technical architecture and infrastructure developments, including their feasibility.
• To build effective relationships with the product owners, technical teams and external suppliers.