Electrical Engineering Team Lead — People & Production

Airbus S.A.S.; West Chiltington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Pension scheme

Share options

Car leasing

Free onsite parking

Tax-free technology scheme

Discounted shopping

Job summary

Airbus S.A.S. in Portsmouth is seeking an open and approachable Team Leader to guide a group of 10-15 Electrical Engineers, RF Test Systems Engineers and Test Operations Support Engineers.

You will develop people, drive delivery and partner with the Technical Lead to close knowledge gaps while maintaining safety and quality across production. The role focuses on optimizing production processes, allocating assets, and contributing to major facility upgrades.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering awareness in a manufacturing setting.
• Proven team leadership in a manufacturing environment producing low volume, high complexity products.
• Passionate about people management for delivery and development.
• Demonstrated practical application of quality, time and cost principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 10-15 Electrical & RF Test Engineers and Test Ops Support Engineers to deliver on commitments.
• Provide a stable environment enabling production to meet safety, quality and schedule goals.
• Review and optimize current Clean Room and production processes with other departments.
• Assess team skills levels and plan development opportunities.
• Manage, allocate and deploy test assets, calibration and long-term planning to meet multi-project needs.
• Input into significant production facilities upgrades, championing team requirements.
• Travel to other Airbus sites/customers as needed.

Skills

Electrical engineering awareness

Team lead experience

People management

Quality, time, cost principles

Job description

Airbus S.A.S. in Portsmouth is seeking an open and approachable Team Leader to guide a group of 10-15 Electrical Engineers, RF Test Systems Engineers and Test Operations Support Engineers.

You will develop people, drive delivery and partner with the Technical Lead to close knowledge gaps while maintaining safety and quality across production. The role focuses on optimizing production processes, allocating assets, and contributing to major facility upgrades.