Chief Engineer

Leonardo; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defence technology is seeking a Chief Engineer for the GCAP project. You will take on a significant leadership role, directing the Multi-Function Antenna development and ensuring the engineering solution meets defined requirements. This position offers the chance to impact national security and contribute to future combat aviation projects. Strong technical leadership and problem-solving skills are vital for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in airborne equipment design, qualification, and certification.
• Experience leading engineering teams and achieving milestones.
• Ability to manage design reviews and non-conformance reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for MFA design and development.
• Ensure design margin control and oversee safety aspects.
• Support integration, test, and qualification of engineering solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering

Job description

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We have an opportunity for a Chief Engineer to join the GCAP project team, taking on a significant technical leadership and Design Authority role for the Team Tempest demonstrator Multi-Function Antenna (MFA). The project is moving into an exciting phase with printed circuit designs being finalised and manufactured within the next 12 months and test and integration beginning in the second half of this year.

As the MFA Chief Engineer and Design Authority, you will be responsible for the delivery of the engineering solution for the MFA aligning with defined requirements. The role will require interaction with external customers, industrypartners, and suppliers as well as coordination of the internal engineering team in line with the engineering management and project management teams.

This role offers a unique opportunity to make a real impact on national security and to contribute to the future of combat aviation. If you’re a visionary leader with a passion for defence technology, and a commitment to engineering excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

Due to the nature of the tasks involved, you must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and will require access tocaveatedinformation such as UK eyes only.

What you’ll do as Chief Engineer:

Provide expert technical leadership in all design and development engineering matters relating to all MFA and subsystem development

Development of the design by ensuring effective implementation of the company’s design review process and proactive management of design review actions and non-conformance reports.

This primarily concerns taking the project through manufacture, integration, test and qualification

Act as the design authority for the MFA development, as delegated by the overall system design authority

Ensure design margin control is implemented

Oversee the safety aspects of the development work

Provide support to production through analysis and assessment of test failures and corresponding concession approval

Provide technical oversight of bid and job development

Make technical decisions on the product design improvements

Support certification and commissioning of the flight trials aircraft installation

Work in conjunction with the MFA inter-discipline leads; Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies

Represent the design team to the wider Team Tempest, including the Ministry of Defence

What we need from you:

A degree in Electronic Engineering or a related subject

Hold, or be capable of obtaining, chartered status with the Engineering Council

A strong technical background in the design, qualification and certification of complex airborne equipment

Significant depth of technical leadership experience spanning the engineering lifecycle, including systems and platform integration, and the application of relevant design assurance processes and standards

A structured approach to technical problem solving, excellent communication skills, and experience of providing technical leadership to engineering teams

Demonstrable experience of leading an engineering team to achieve challenging milestones

It would be great if you have:

Ability to make strategic decisions to direct engineering work packages

Experience of defining and implementing innovative engineering solutions

Airborne radar design or similar aerospace and defence experience

Experience of testing of complex engineering products at both component and assembly levels

Configuration management and hardware traceability experience