Overview
In this role you lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team to mature PCB/PCA designs for the ECRS Mk2 programme, guiding supplier improvements and manufacturing readiness. You will act as the primary engineering interface among Leonardo, strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders to boost quality, yield and throughput. You will drive root-cause investigations, supplier assessments and manufacturing maturity initiatives, shaping production readiness for a high-profile defence project. This position sits in Edinburgh or Newcastle and offers a chance to influence a cutting-edge, mission-critical system from early lifecycle onward. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver
Pay / Benefits
- generous leave with up to 12 flexi-days
- pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution
- mental health support and wellbeing networks
- bonus scheme
- access to 4,000+ online courses
- flexible working and hybrid options
Responsibilities
- Lead the ECRS Mk2 Supply Chain Improvement Team with direction, prioritisation and governance across supplier improvement, manufacturing maturity and industrialisation activities
- Develop and deliver a strategy to improve supplier quality, yield, throughput, lead time and production readiness
- Serve as the main engineering interface between Leonardo, strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders to advise on design-for-manufacture improvements
- Drive root cause investigations and implement robust corrective and preventive actions
- Lead regular supplier performance reviews focusing on yield, quality, capacity and schedule adherence
- Conduct supplier assessments, technical reviews and manufacturing readiness evaluations
- Provide engineering leadership for manufacturing non-conformities and quality issues
- Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality and Programme teams
- Promote Design for Manufacture (DfM), Design for Assembly (DfA) and industrialisation best practices
- Provide updates to Project Engineering Manager, Chief Engineer, Programme Leadership Team and Head of Programmes
Key requirements
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Manufacturing, Electronics or Physics or equivalent (discipline)
- Experience leading engineering teams or complex manufacturing, industrialisation, NPI or supply chain work packages
- Experience working with suppliers to improve quality, delivery and manufacturing capability
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, quality systems and continuous improvement methodologies
- Ability to identify root causes and implement corrective/preventive actions
- Experience leading supplier reviews, audits or performance improvement activities
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Self-motivated with ability to provide structure and momentum in delivery environments
- stakeholder management
- communication
- self-motivation
- Design for Manufacture (DfM)
- Design for Assembly (DfA)
- manufacturing readiness
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