About Novanta
At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing. Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. We have a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.
The Role
We are looking for an Electronics Engineering Manager to lead our Electronics Hardware Development team and drive both technical excellence and people development. This role combines engineering leadership, team development and strategic delivery. You will lead a talented electronics engineering team responsible for developing the hardware that powers our next generation of advanced laser products while partnering closely with software, firmware, project management and wider business stakeholders. You will have genuine influence, helping shape engineering capability, development processes and future product innovation.
Responsibilities
Leadership & People Development * Line management of the Electronics Hardware Development team * Coaching, mentoring and developing engineers * Creating an inclusive, high-performing culture * Supporting career development and succession planning * Promoting collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
Technical Leadership * Supporting and partnering with senior technical experts * Providing technical guidance and oversight * Ensuring development activities meet technical and quality standards * Improving engineering processes, tools and methodologies * Supporting product innovation and roadmap delivery
Project & Resource Management * Resource allocation and capacity planning * Budget management * Project delivery and milestone tracking * Risk identification and mitigation * Stakeholder engagement across the organisation
Why Novanta?
- Highly innovative technical environment
- Significant leadership impact
- Advanced laser and photonics technologies
- Global business exposure
- Strong culture of development and continuous improvement
- Genuine opportunity to influence the future direction of engineering
- You will join a business where engineering remains central to success. This is an opportunity to influence both technology and people while leading the development of advanced products sold worldwide. You will help shape the future of the Electronics Hardware function and play a significant role in the continued growth of Novanta's engineering capability.
- Electronics Engineering degree or equivalent
- Proven experience leading engineering teams
- Strong electronics hardware development background
- Full product lifecycle experience
- Technical project leadership capability
- Knowledge of EMC, LVD, RoHS and product compliance requirements
- Strong planning, communication and organisational skills
- A coaching leadership style focused on team growth
