Lead Systems Engineer

Overview

In this role you will lead a systems engineering team within a highly innovative engineering organisation. You will guide engineers, support career development and wellbeing, and shape long-term team capability. You will partner with project and engineering managers on planning, resourcing and technical decisions to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery of complex solutions. You will work across multidisciplinary teams to implement robust technical solutions and bid for new work. This is a hands-on leadership role with a clear impact on team performance and project success.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and support engineers in their professional development and day-to-day activities
• Foster a positive team culture, promoting engagement, wellbeing and continuous improvement
• Understand project scope, deliverables, timelines and resource requirements to support successful project delivery
• Collaborate with project and engineering managers to assess team capacity and future resource needs
• Provide recommendations on skills development, recruitment and workforce planning
• Ensure project dependencies, facilities and technical requirements are identified and managed effectively
• Support business growth activities by contributing to bids, estimates and proposals
• Monitor and maintain project schedules, budgets and engineering plans
• Work across multidisciplinary teams to identify and implement effective technical solutions

Key requirements

• Degree qualification, or equivalent experience, in a relevant engineering or scientific discipline such as Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics or Mathematics
• Proven experience within a Systems Engineering environment and across the engineering lifecycle
• Experience using industry-standard systems engineering and requirements management tools such as DOORS, Polarion, Enterprise Architect, Cameo, MATLAB and/or Simulink
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and making technical and/or managerial decisions
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• DOORS
• Polarion
• Enterprise Architect

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