Principal/Associate Principal Engineer - Requirements, Verification & Validation

About us

Dyson's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategy is transforming how product information, engineering processes and digital capabilities are managed across the Product Development organisation. As Teamcenter evolves into the authoritative system of record for product definition, engineering change, release governance and lifecycle traceability, robust management of requirements, verification and validation processes is critical to ensuring product quality, compliance and delivery confidence.

The Principal / Associate Principal Engineer - Requirements, Verification & Validation is responsible for defining, governing and continuously improving Dyson's requirements management and verification & validation capabilities.

The role acts as Dyson's subject matter expert and capability owner for requirements traceability, verification planning, validation governance and associated engineering lifecycle processes. Working closely with Engineering functions, RDD IT, PLM Product Ownership and Engineering Process Owners, the role ensures Dyson's engineering lifecycle processes remain effective, scalable and aligned to future digital thread ambitions.

About the role

Capability Ownership & Governance

• Own the strategic direction, governance and continuous improvement of Dyson's Requirements Management and Verification & Validation capabilities.

• Define, maintain and govern associated processes, standards, methods and operating procedures.

• Ensure capability development aligns with Dyson's Product Development strategy, engineering governance requirements and PLM roadmap.

• Establish capability maturity measures and continuous improvement plans while acting as the recognised subject matter expert for Requirements and V&V across Product Development.

Process Excellence & Standardisation

• Drive standardisation, simplification and optimisation of requirements and V&V processes across Business Units and functions.

• Promote adoption of industry best practices, systems engineering principles, requirements-driven development and model-based approaches across Product Development.

• Define process performance measures and monitor capability effectiveness.

• Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, quality and traceability through enhanced process design.

• Support organisational compliance with defined engineering lifecycle practices.

Digital Thread & PLM Integration

• Collaborate with the PLM Business Product Owner to ensure Teamcenter and connected platforms effectively support requirements and V&V processes.

• Define business requirements supporting future digital thread capabilities, requirements traceability and verification evidence management.

• Support development of integrated engineering lifecycle workflows linking requirements, design, verification, validation, release and traceability activities.

• Ensure process requirements are appropriately represented within PLM transformation initiatives.

• Provide subject matter expertise supporting future capability roadmaps and platform enhancements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Capability Development

• Build strong partnerships across NPI, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, RDD IT and Product Development teams.

• Facilitate governance forums, working groups and capability reviews.

• Develop guidance, supporting materials and best practice recommendations.

• Support organisational adoption of new processes, tools and ways of working.

• Contribute to training, communications and capability development activities associated with process transformation initiatives.

Assurance, Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor process adoption, compliance and effectiveness across Product Development.

• Identify capability risks, gaps and opportunities for improvement.

• Support audits, assessments and governance reviews where required.

• Use data, stakeholder feedback and operational experience to drive capability enhancement.

• Promote a culture of quality, traceability and evidence-based engineering decision making.

About you

Professional experience

• Significant experience in Requirements Management, Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation or related engineering disciplines.

• Experience defining, implementing or improving engineering lifecycle processes within a complex product development environment.

• Strong understanding of requirements traceability, verification planning, validation methodologies and engineering governance practices.

• Experience working with PLM, requirements management, testing or engineering lifecycle platforms.

• Experience supporting engineering transformation initiatives and facilitating collaboration across engineering, quality and technology functions.

• Experience translating complex business requirements into structured engineering processes and practical solutions.

• Understanding of digital thread, systems engineering and Product Lifecycle Management principles.

Critical leadership competencies

• Capability Leadership: Owns and continuously develops engineering capabilities, standards and ways of working.

• Systems Thinking: Understands the relationships between requirements, design, verification, validation, release and product outcomes.

• Technical Credibility: Provides trusted subject matter expertise across requirements and V&V disciplines.

• Process Excellence: Drives standardisation, simplification and continuous improvement of engineering lifecycle processes.

• Quality & Traceability: Ensures requirements, verification evidence and validation activities provide clear traceability and support robust engineering decision-making.

• Stakeholder Influence: Builds alignment and drives adoption across diverse stakeholder communities.

• Strategic Thinking: Understands how capability development supports Dyson's future PLM and Product Development strategy.

• Judgement & Decision Making: Applies sound engineering judgement when balancing quality, risk, compliance and delivery objectives.

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.