Project Engineering Lead

Overview

As a Project Engineering Lead, you drive system-level solutions for mission-critical defence technologies. You’ll align with engineering management to set realistic delivery plans and lead cross-disciplinary teams through design, integration, and test challenges. You’ll shape decisions, ensure lifecycle processes are followed, and communicate progress to stakeholders. This role offers impact across cutting-edge programmes while working within a collaborative, security-conscious environment.

Pay / Benefits

• pension scheme with employer contributions
• flexible working and hybrid options
• time off with flexi-days
• mental health support and financial advice
• access to online learning (Coursera and LinkedIn Learning)
• employee referral bonus

Responsibilities

• Manage and assess system-level issues from lab testing, integration and flight trials
• Lead technical investigations and redesign activities per project priorities
• Create realistic delivery plans and secure resource alignment with Engineering Management
• Ensure adherence to Lifecycle Management and project engineering processes
• Collaborate with Engineering Management and Chief Engineers to enable quick decisions
• Establish and maintain cross-disciplinary communications across project and engineering teams
• Lead and motivate a multidisciplinary engineering team
• Ensure the team is equipped and supported to meet commitments

Key requirements

• experience across different stages of the engineering lifecycle
• ability to understand and break down complex problems
• experience with system change management process
• ability to manage multiple activities with many dependencies
• strong interpersonal and communication skills
• experience in managing, motivating and supporting multidisciplinary teams
• practical experience using requirements management tools such as DOORS

• strong communication and relationship-building
• leadership and people management
• problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Lifecycle management
• system change management
• requirements management (DOORS)

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