Avionics Manager — Lead for Zephyr Flight Systems

Aalto Haps Ltd.; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Income protection and life assurance

Perkbox employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

AALTO HAPS, a Farnborough-based Airbus subsidiary, is seeking an Avionics Manager to lead and develop the avionics team, oversee design, development, and integration of avionics subsystems for Zephyr, and ensure safety, performance, and regulatory compliance.

You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, participate in recruiting, coordinate with manufacturing, systems, software, and maintenance, and manage programmes to deliver on-time results.

Qualifications

• Extensive avionics experience in a regulated industry.
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams.
• Ability to take ownership of technical problems and drive solutions.
• Experience guiding junior engineers and mentoring staff.
• Strong decision-making and autonomous working style.
• Experience contributing to engineering processes and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily activities of the avionics team and ensure delivery of team goals.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers; drive skills development.
• Participate in recruiting to grow the team.
• Oversee design, development, and integration of avionics subsystems for Zephyr.
• Manage development programmes within the avionics team, ensuring on-time delivery and quality.
• Act as the design/technical authority for avionics, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, line maintenance, systems and software teams for seamless integration.

Skills

Avionics experience

Team leadership

Regulated industry

Technical leadership

Job description

AALTO HAPS, a Farnborough-based Airbus subsidiary, is seeking an Avionics Manager to lead and develop the avionics team, oversee design, development, and integration of avionics subsystems for Zephyr, and ensure safety, performance, and regulatory compliance.

You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, participate in recruiting, coordinate with manufacturing, systems, software, and maintenance, and manage programmes to deliver on-time results.