Electrical Engineering Team Lead

Overview

As Team Leader, you guide a 10–15-strong electrical and RF test engineering team in Portsmouth, delivering satellite telecommunications and navigation products for diverse customers. You’ll create a stable production environment, optimize clean room and processes, and drive on-time delivery, quality, and cost goals. The role combines hands-on leadership with cross-functional collaboration to upgrade facilities and align team capabilities with program needs. This is an opportunity to shape complex hardware production in a global aerospace setting. You’ll work with flexibility and development support within Airbus’ inclusive culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension
• Hybrid working
• Flexible hours around core times
• Car leasing scheme
• On-site parking

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary production team to meet commitments and maintain product integrity
• Assess and improve clean room and production processes for efficiency and fit-for-purpose readiness
• Assess team skills and allocate resources to multi-project payload testing
• Manage test asset deployment, calibration, and long-term planning for production needs
• Contribute to significant production facilities upgrades and represent team requirements
• Provide stable supervision to ensure quality, time, and cost targets are met

Key requirements

• Electrical Engineering awareness in a manufacturing environment
• Team Lead experience in manufacturing of low-volume, high-complexity products
• Strong focus on people management for delivery and development
• Proven track record delivering on quality, time, and cost constraints

• People management
• Approachability and mentoring
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Electrical engineering knowledge in a manufacturing setting
• Experience with production processes and clean rooms
• Test asset management and calibration

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