Associate Principal Engineer, Fluids and Thermals

Job description

Define and drive the technology and systems integration strategy across multiple product categories, ensuring alignment with long-term business and technology roadmaps. Lead the development, maturation, and deployment of core system-level technologies that create sustainable competitive advantage and enable future products. Provide technical leadership across programmes, influencing key architectural, performance, and technology investment decisions. Establish and continuously improve engineering methodologies, simulation frameworks, experimental techniques, and development processes to enhance organisational capability and efficiency. Drive technical excellence through governance, technical reviews, and risk management, ensuring robust engineering decisions across projects. Lead the resolution of complex, ambiguous, and high-impact engineering challenges, balancing technical, commercial, and delivery considerations. Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Research, Product Development, Manufacturing, Software, Electronics, and Commercial teams to ensure successful translation of technology into products. Own the definition and evolution of system-level requirements, performance metrics, validation strategies, and technology readiness assessments. Champion the use of advanced modelling, simulation, and analytical techniques to support technology development and product performance optimisation. Build strong cross-functional networks and influence technical direction across multiple teams and geographic locations. Mentor and develop engineers and technical leaders, fostering a culture of innovation, technical rigour, and continuous learning. Identify emerging technologies, industry trends, and competitive opportunities, translating insights into strategic technology initiatives. Represent the organisation in senior technical forums, decision-making reviews, and external collaborations where required. Technical and Problem-Solving Skills Recognised subject matter expert in one or more relevant engineering disciplines, with the ability to apply knowledge across multiple technology domains. Demonstrates strong systems-thinking capability and can make sound decisions in highly complex and ambiguous situations. Anticipates technical challenges and organisational risks ahead of project milestones and develops effective mitigation strategies. Able to evaluate technology trade-offs and influence strategic decisions using technical, commercial, and customer-focused considerations. Proven ability to lead the development of new methodologies, tools, and approaches that improve organisational effectiveness. Drives technical alignment across teams and projects while maintaining a clear focus on product performance, quality, cost, and delivery. Interpersonal Skills Exceptional communication and influencing skills, capable of engaging effectively with senior leadership and technical specialists. Builds strong collaborative relationships across global and cross-functional teams. Creates alignment between diverse stakeholders with differing priorities and perspectives. Coaches and develops engineers and technical leaders to achieve their full potential. Acts as a role model for Dyson values, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. Extent of Guidance or Control Generally characterised as a technical leader and capability builder . Operates with a high degree of autonomy and accountability. Sets technical direction and priorities for teams rather than individual tasks. Influences organisational strategy and engineering practices beyond immediate project responsibilities. Responsible for developing technical capability and ensuring long-term success across multiple projects, technologies, or product categories. Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.