Design Engineering Manager

RTX (Raytheon); Havant; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Havant is seeking a Design Engineering Manager to lead the design engineering function for interior lighting and switching products. You will plan, coordinate and deliver design activities across multiple programs, ensuring resources, processes and data are managed to schedule.

You will work with senior engineers and PMO to maintain high performance, develop the team and drive improvements in engineering delivery. The role is onsite with standard hours.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering or related discipline with relevant industry experience.
• Proven experience leading design engineering teams in aerospace or regulated environments.
• Experience delivering product development programmes with design governance.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design engineering team across multiple development and support programmes.
• Ensure resources are allocated to meet program schedules and budgets.
• Maintain adherence to design processes, governance and configuration control.
• Monitor KPIs for design performance and risk management.
• Drive continuous improvement in design delivery and standards.

Skills

Design leadership

Engineering management

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

PLM systems

PDM systems

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-21

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Havant, Hampshire

Position Role Type: Onsite

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defence company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defence industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defence.

We are seeking to recruit a Design Engineering Manager to be based at our facility in Havant. This is an onsite role with the standard working hours as follows:

08:00 to 16:45 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 to 12:30 on Friday.

Role Overview

The Design Engineering Manager provides leadership of the Design Engineering function, managing the planning, coordination and delivery of design activities across a portfolio of aircraft interior lighting and switching products. The role is responsible for the effective organisation and execution of design engineering activities across multiple concurrent development and support programmes, ensuring engineering resources are appropriately allocated and engineering deliverables are aligned with program schedules. The position will control adherence to the design engineering process and monitor KPIs on performance of process adherence. Including design milestones, change management and configuration management sub-processes. Working closely alongside the Chief Design Engineer, Senior Product Engineers and Programme Management Office (PMO), the Design Engineering Manager ensures engineering activities are planned, visible and executed efficiently, with risks identified and escalated appropriately. The Chief Design Engineer and Senior Product Engineer's retain technical authority and design approval responsibility. The Design Engineering Manager is responsible for operational coordination, engineering delivery execution and engineering resource management.

What You Will Do

Design Engineering Leadership

• Line management and development of the Design Engineering team, including Design Engineers, Senior Design Engineers and Product Support Engineers.
• Management of engineering activities supporting development, production and aftermarket driven design changes.
• Promoting a collaborative, accountable and high-performing engineering culture.
• Managing engineering capacity, resource allocation and executing to priorities.
• Monitoring engineering progress, utilisation and delivery performance against programme schedules and budgets.
• Identifying and managing engineering delivery risks, resource conflicts and schedule pressures.

Design Systems, Governance & Configuration Control

• Assurance of compliance to Design processes, standards and governance.
• Ensuring compliance with engineering development lifecycle requirements and internal procedures.
• Process control implementation to ensure effective configuration management and control of engineering data within PLM/PDM systems.
• Reporting of performance metrics and building data capture methods.

Continuous Improvement

• Identifying and implementing improvements to engineering processes, coordination and delivery efficiency.
• Supporting development of engineering standards, templates and best practices.
• Supporting the execution of improvement projects within the Design discipline.

Qualifications / Experience You Must Have

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Management or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience within a Design Engineering environment.
• Experience in Design Engineering for aerospace or a similarly regulated engineering environment.
• Experience leading or managing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering product development programmes.
• Experience of supportive team leadership and leading personal development.
• Strong understanding of engineering design processes, governance and configuration management.
• Experience managing engineering deliverables within a structured product development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated capability in engineering planning, workload management and resource allocation.
• Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Structured, process-oriented approach to engineering delivery and operational execution.

Qualifications / Experience We Prefer

• Aircraft interiors, cabin systems or aerospace electrical/electronic products.
• Aerospace certification environments and design assurance processes.
• Engineering process improvement and organisational development initiatives.

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