Electrical Engineering Team Lead - Production & Growth

Airbus S.A.S.; Downton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Pension scheme

Share options

Car leasing scheme

Free onsite parking

Tax-free technology scheme

Discounted shopping

Hybrid working

Flexible working around core hours

TOIL

Job summary

Airbus S.A.S. in Portsmouth seeks a proactive Team Leader to guide a 10-15-strong team of Electrical and RF Test engineers and support staff, ensuring safe, on-time delivery and product integrity.

You will drive development, optimise production processes, and coordinate assets for multi-project testing in a dynamic manufacturing setting. The role emphasises people management, delivery excellence, and a collaborative approach with the Technical Lead to close knowledge gaps and support growth.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering awareness within a manufacturing environment.
• Team lead experience within a manufacturing environment, producing low volume, highly complex products.
• Passionate about people management for delivery and development.
• Demonstrable practical application of delivery in the respect of Quality, Time and Cost principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 10-15 Electrical Engineers, RF Test Systems Engineers and Test Operations Support Engineers.
• Provide a stable and consistent environment where the Production team can deliver commitments on time and ensure product integrity and safety.
• Review current Clean Room and production processes; identify optimisations and improvements.
• Understand the skills and experience levels within your team and plan development.
• Manage and deploy payload test assets including maintenance, calibration and long-term planning to meet multi-project needs.
• Contribute to a significant production facilities upgrade, championing team and department needs.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Team leadership

People management

Quality-Time-Cost delivery

Job description

Airbus S.A.S. in Portsmouth seeks a proactive Team Leader to guide a 10-15-strong team of Electrical and RF Test engineers and support staff, ensuring safe, on-time delivery and product integrity.

You will drive development, optimise production processes, and coordinate assets for multi-project testing in a dynamic manufacturing setting. The role emphasises people management, delivery excellence, and a collaborative approach with the Technical Lead to close knowledge gaps and support growth.