What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Managing a complex development programme involving a cross functional engineering team
• Leading key design reviews in accordance with process (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR etc)
• Estimating, scheduling and tracking progress amongst the engineering team and reporting earned value metrics including CPI, SPI, ETC, BCWS, BCWP and ACWP
• Managing risks and planning mitigation strategies to minimise technical risk
• Interfacing with and presenting to key stakeholders including customers, regulatory authorities and, internally, with senior managers
• Guiding a new product development through the systems engineering lifecycle ensuring compliance against internal processes and legal and safety standards
• Contributing to the generation of technical proposals, bids and supporting internal review, governance and sign-off.
• Guiding and mentoring engineers to support skills development within the wider team.

What you’ll bring 

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Experience of leading an engineering development programme and applying Earned Value Management techniques
• Good experience of Project Management and familiarity with Microsoft Project and other engineering management tools such as JIRA
• Experience of working under tight time pressures and interfacing with key stakeholders including customers
• Experience in leading a team of engineers of multiple disciplines and levels.
• A good understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle and key design reviews and artefacts
• Previous relevant experience, ideally in engineering or with relevant transferable skills in a Defence, Aerospace or other complex embedded environment.