Project Engineering Manager – Test Solutions

Overview

In this role you lead the Test Solution Delivery within the Test Engineering team for Leonardo’s ISP portfolio. You will coordinate a multi-disciplinary group to define and implement test strategies that align with the Sector roadmap and business plan. You’ll drive technical progress, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication to deliver reliable, end-to-end test solutions. The position offers visibility across mission-critical projects and opportunities to shape testing capability in a defence tech environment.

Pay / Benefits

• generous leave with up to 12 flexi-days
• employer pension contribution up to 15%
• mental health support and financial advice
• access to Coursera and LinkedIn Learning
• refer a friend bonus
• flexible benefits including private healthcare and gym memberships

Responsibilities

• Establish and prioritise forward load and translate requirements into test strategies and delivery plans
• Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team and clarify roles
• Foster strong relationships with customers and partners to enable project capability
• Maintain internal communications across Engineering IPTs and with leads and Project Managers
• Collaborate with Design Authorities and Systems Design Authorities on progress, risks, and mitigations
• Ensure design solutions meet end-user requirements, are reliable, documented, and environment-compatible
• Ensure alignment with the product roadmap and business needs
• Control project configuration and change management to maximise design reuse
• Manage suppliers and Make-or-Buy decisions for the project
• Capture candidate concept solutions and outcomes of trade-off studies and end-user engagement

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in a relevant Science / Technology / Engineering / Maths discipline or similar experience
• Good knowledge of Test Solutions in a high tech environment
• Ability to produce clear concise engineering plans
• Good problem-solving ability
• Good schedule and budget control
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to communicate with diverse stakeholders across sites
• Strong leadership and team-working skills
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle and business processes
• Security clearance: BPSS; NSV may apply; SC or DV possible

• Leadership
• Team-working
• Effective communication
• End-to-end test solution development
• Test capability development and maintenance
• Engineering lifecycle and systems engineering

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