Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager

Thales; Crawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales is seeking a Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager to lead the Surface Ships portfolio team. The role involves managing hardware engineering deliverables, stakeholder expectations, and ensuring quality and performance throughout the product lifecycle. Ideal candidates will have a Level 6 qualification in a relevant engineering discipline and strong leadership skills.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Evidence of effective stakeholder management in previous projects.
• Knowledge in HW regulation standards such as EMC testing and LVD Directive.
• Knowledge and experience in working across the whole or partly of the HW V&V lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Management of Hardware Engineering deliverables throughout the product lifecycle.
• Cost and schedule adherence.
• Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification Management of the Hardware Solution.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Work Package Management

Risk Management

Education

Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering related discipline

Job description

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Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. With over 40 years of experience in undersea warfare, Thales UK is a world leader in its field, the major exporter of sonars and associated systems for navies and air forces, with a wide range of products and systems for submarines, surface vessels, mine-countermeasures vessels, unmanned vehicles and aircrafts.

Location(s): Cheadle or Crawley

About the Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager (EDM) to join the Surface Ships portfolio team.

Responsibilities

• Generation/maintenance of the Hardware Engineering Management Plan (HEMP)
• Management of Hardware Engineering deliverables throughout the product lifecycle.
• Cost and schedule adherence
• Management of expectations of key stakeholders (Solution Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Industrial Manager & Product Manager)
• Resource Management
• Organisation and Co-ordination of all Design Reviews & Independent Technical Reviews in accordance with the agreed lifecycle process
• Generation of hardware engineering estimates as part of company bids
• Engineering Quality and Performance
• Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification Management of the Hardware Solution
• Engineering governance, metrics and reporting
• Risk and Opportunity management

Qualifications

• Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering related discipline e.g. BEng(Hons) Electronic or Mechanical Engineering
• Evidence of the ability to lead and motivate a team of people to achieve a goal is important
• Evidence of effective stakeholder management in previous projects
• Evidence of effective work package management in previous projects, including planning and cost management
• Knowledge and experience in working across the whole or partly of the Hw V&V lifecycle
• Knowledge and experience in working in a configuration-controlled environment
• Knowledge in HW regulation standards such as EMC testing and LVD Directive

Preferred Skills

• Chartered Engineer
• Knowledge of Lean & Agile Development techniques
• Level 6 Qualification in Leadership & Management
• Level 6 Qualification in Coaching & Mentoring
• IPMA Level D Qualification or equivalent experience

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. If approved by the MOD, a dual national from a Non-ITAR country may be considered. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment,if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Airlines and Aviation

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