Job Title: Air Sector Engineering Manager

Location: Warton / Brough – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £61,110

Across our entire portfolio, including GCAP, Falconworks electric air vehicles, un-crewed air vehicles, Tempest, Typhoon and F-35, we have big plans to transform the way we engineer our products, with new and exciting tools entering the market, we need to continually keep ahead of the competition through improving our ways of working.You will be at the forefront of this as you play a key role in shaping the way our engineers work for decades to come. We are looking for experienced Engineering Managers with a diverse experience of industry to complement our highly skilled and growing engineering teams working on cutting edge air defence projects. As a direct entry Executive, you will have the opportunity to lead engineering teams involved in complex systems engineering projects through all stages in their lifecycle, from concept, to delivery and throughout in-service product use. As a world leader in the integration of systems to deliver high quality engineering solutions, we recognise the importance of diversity within our engineering population in order to drive innovative solutions that meet our customers needs.

What you’ll be doing:

• We are looking for engineering managers, with leadership qualities and diverse experience, in areas of engineering such as; Bid Management, System Architecting, System Design, System Realisation, Test & Evaluation, Configuration Control, Requirements Management and Product Qualification & Certification
• You will be leading and working as part of an established systems engineering team in a highly regulated environment, working on key platforms / projects, both new concept and ongoing support to in service products and services. We have opportunities to work in areas such as electric air vehicles, un-crewed air vehicles, Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), Tempest, Typhoon, Hawk & F-35
• You will collaborate with multiple functions (engineering, project management, human resources, etc.) and support our engineers through applying your engineering experience and knowledge
• You will be able to propose and develop engineering and business solutions to problems throughout our product development cycle. You will manage aspects of engineering, delivering them to high standards through ensuring good engineering practice and governance
• You will understand and manage the maturity of our engineering solutions as they develop and you take corrective action to ensure our products are the best they can be

Your skills and experiences: