Engineering Director (Global Products Group)

Overview

As Engineering Director in Newport, you will lead the Central Engineering Group to support multiple global product divisions, shaping structure, capability, and operating models for growth. You will guide a multi-disciplinary engineering team, drive technical excellence, and build strong cross-border partnerships with business leaders. Your role couples strategic oversight with hands-on leadership to align engineering services with KLA’s worldwide priorities. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence how we scale capability across a global tech platform.

Pay / Benefits

• annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays)
• contributory pension scheme
• global bonus plan
• cash health plan
• cycle to work scheme
• share scheme/ rewards scheme? (listed as rewards scheme)

Responsibilities

• Lead the Central Engineering Group as the senior leader of the Newport-based function
• Lead Engineering Managers responsible for specialist disciplines within a multi-disciplinary organisation
• Define and evolve organisational structure, leadership capability and operating model to support growth
• Ensure effective delivery of engineering services and support to multiple global product divisions
• Build strong partnerships with engineering and business leaders across KLA's global organisation
• Provide strategic leadership that supports technical excellence, operational performance and long-term organisational success
• Represent the Central Engineering Group with senior stakeholders and contribute to capability planning and engineering strategy

Key requirements

• Significant engineering leadership experience, including leading managers and sizeable technical teams
• Experience operating within a complex, multi-disciplinary engineering environment
• Familiarity with the semiconductor equipment industry or related advanced technology sectors
• Strong understanding of both hardware and software engineering organisations
• Experience working within a central engineering, shared services or engineering support model
• Demonstrable strategic leadership, commercial awareness and business understanding
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across global teams
• A proven track record of building organisational capability and leading teams through growth and change
• Ideally educated to Master's degree level or higher in an Engineering discipline
• Occasional domestic and international travel (up to 20%)

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• hardware engineering understanding
• software engineering understanding
• multi-disciplinary engineering leadership

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