Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager

Thales Microwave & Imaging Sub-Systems; Crawley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defence and technology seeks a Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager to oversee engineering tasks, ensuring quality and performance across hardware solutions. The role involves managing stakeholder expectations and delivering projects within set constraints. Ideal candidates will possess a Level 6 qualification in hardware engineering and relevant experience in leadership and management.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Support for applicants with disabilities

Qualifications

• Experience in configuration-controlled environments.
• Knowledge of HW regulation standards (EMC testing, LVD Directive).
• Leadership & Management qualification (Level 6) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Management of hardware engineering deliverables throughout the product lifecycle.
• Cost and schedule adherence.
• Risk and opportunity management.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Work package management

Knowledge of HW V&V lifecycle

Education

Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering discipline

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Job Description

Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom

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. We support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

The Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager (EDM) is responsible for completing engineering tasks within the set cost, schedule, performance, and quality targets. These tasks may cover customer needs, mission, function, architectural design, and lifecycle of hardware solutions (requirements, design, development, integration, verification).

They ensure hardware engineering activity management within constraints provided by the Solution Engineering Manager and Hardware Architects.

In This Capacity, The Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager

• Defines the hardware development cycle consistent with upper/same level elements.
• Tailors the hardware engineering environment (process, practices, tools) according to company and project requirements.
• Allocates responsibilities to individual contributors.
• Participates in the specification of product functions and interfaces.
• Participates in architecture definition and function allocation to components.
• The Hardware EDM may also act as Work Package Manager, estimating remaining activities and reporting workload outside scope.

Location: Cheadle, Templecombe, or Crawley

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Generation and maintenance of the Hardware Engineering Management Plan (HEMP)
• Management of hardware engineering deliverables throughout the product lifecycle
• Cost and schedule adherence
• Management of stakeholder expectations (Solution Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Industrial Manager, Product Manager)
• Resource management
• Milestone delivery performance
• Organization and coordination of design reviews and independent technical reviews
• Generation of hardware engineering estimates for bids
• Ensure engineering quality and performance
• Management of integration, verification, validation, and qualification
• Engineering governance, metrics, and reporting
• Risk and opportunity management

Principal Relationships

The Hardware EDM collaborates with:

• The Solution Engineering Manager and Software Engineering Manager
• The project teams for progress and risk reporting
• Discipline and functional leads for resource and assistance
• The Hardware Products Manager and Architect for design consistency and cost benefits
• The project hardware team for artifact production

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering discipline (e.g., BEng(Hons) Electronic or Mechanical Engineering)
• Leadership and motivation experience
• Stakeholder management experience
• Work package management experience, including planning and budgeting
• Knowledge of HW V&V lifecycle
• Experience in configuration-controlled environments
• Knowledge of HW regulation standards (EMC testing, LVD Directive)

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer
• Knowledge of Lean & Agile techniques
• Leadership & Management qualification (Level 6)
• Coaching & Mentoring qualification (Level 6)
• IPMA Level D or equivalent experience

Security Clearance

This role requires UK nationality and SC clearance. Candidates must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years, with possible exceptions. The process involves providing identity, eligibility, and employment history. Further details are available on the UKSV website.

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