Electrical Systems Lead & Technical Manager

Ministry Of Defence; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry Of Defence is seeking a Technical Manager in Wokingham to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team. The role is hands-on, combining technical leadership with direct involvement in electrical/electronic design, system integration and testing.

You will manage workloads, drive delivery, and ensure quality across design, manufacture and test, while maintaining close engagement with customers and programmes.

Qualifications

• Broad electronics design, manufacture and test experience.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into robust solutions.
• Experience taking systems through build, test and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary technical team.
• Oversee workload, priorities and engineering delivery.
• Electrical/electronic system design and integration.
• Support mechanical design and system integration activities.
• High-level system architecture responsibilities.
• Embedded hardware and power supplies oversight.
• Prototype build, integration and test.
• Component selection and technical specification.
• EMC and environmental testing oversight.
• Fault finding, repair and modification.
• Produce technical, build and test documentation.
• Support manufacturing and resolve production issues.
• Provide technical input during customer and commercial discussions.
• Maintain engineering and quality standards.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical experience

Team leadership

Electronic system design

Embedded hardware

Power electronics

EMC testing

Troubleshooting

Customer interaction

Quality standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Ministry Of Defence is seeking a Technical Manager in Wokingham to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team. The role is hands-on, combining technical leadership with direct involvement in electrical/electronic design, system integration and testing.

You will manage workloads, drive delivery, and ensure quality across design, manufacture and test, while maintaining close engagement with customers and programmes.