Electronic Engineering Manager

MBDA UK Ltd; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation is seeking an experienced Electronic Engineering Manager in Stevenage. This role focuses on leading a team in the development of critical technologies for national defense. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and a degree in Electronic Engineering. The position offers a competitive salary up to £70,000, hybrid working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package including bonuses and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary

Pension contributions up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals on site

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with a solid background in Electronic Engineering.
• Experience in direct people management responsibilities.
• Strong communicator with the ability to influence teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of cutting-edge technologies.
• Deliver performance evaluations to maximize team potential.
• Support recruitment to meet workload needs.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Excellent communication

Process improvement experience

Self-motivated

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced Electronic Engineering Manager, an inspirational Leader passionate about people who enjoys contributing to developing and enhancing future capabilities? Look no further! Join our ambitious Electronics Engineering Team at MBDA and be part of a company that is at the forefront of innovation and play a major role in shaping its future.

Salary: Up to £70,000 depending on experience

Locations: Stevenage (we may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site. We are also open to compressed hours in this role.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

The Offer

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more.

The Opportunity

Our Electronic Engineering Function is rapidly growing!

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a proven leader who is passionate about managing the performance and development of our people. A very strong engineering background and a qualification is essential but a passion, focus, drive and vision to lead a team to deliver successfully is equally important.

You will play a key role in building the capability (People, Processes and Projects), developing the future roadmap and strategic plans and have the opportunity to collaborate with external stakeholders to measure and monitor successes. You will drive opportunities to support sustainability and strategies for our Electronics equipment's, maintain and develop skills and competencies and support internal knowledge management.

You will implement change strategy in order to instil a high performance culture.

Your team will be involved in all phases of the V model and design life cycle, from requirement inception through to Verification & Validation plans and generation of Certificate of Design. This will offer you and your team a great opportunity to strongly influence the requirements, the design and interact with the wider multidiscipline design teams (Project Manager, Architect, Electronic Engineers, FPGA Engineer, Software Engineer...); whilst also leveraging the latest tools and methodologies.

Your role will be to

• Support/Lead change programmes to meet a dynamic environment delivering equipment critical to the defence of our nation and its front line forces.
• Deliver high quality development and performance evaluations in order to maximise the potential of our people for today and for the future.
• Lead the development and harmonisation of processes that are fit for the rapid development of cutting edge technologies.
• Monitor, review and report progress against technical and schedule deadlines with support from a technical delivery leads and functional team leaders.
• With the help of our Technical Expert community, reinforce technical excellence through robust design activity.
• Support the recruitment process to meet our workload and skills needs.
• Motivate people/teams to pull together to deliver through challenging technical and time bound environments

What we're looking for

From you: Degree qualified with a solid background in Electronic Engineering, with experience in the majority of the following areas:

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to define and communicate a clear engineering vision and mission.
• A strong communicator with the ability to influence, collaborate and network across multiskilled teams to ensure on time, on cost, on quality delivery.
• A self-motivated leader with the drive and commitment to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Direct people management responsibilities (e.g., recruitment, onboarding, performance management, succession planning and skills development) to meet current and future business needs.
• Process improvement/change management experience and being part of a continuous improvement culture.

Notes

Please note: Some of our roles require an elevated level of security clearance. Candidates may be required to undertake DV (Developed Vetting) in order to successfully deliver the role.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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