Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager

Expleo Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Expleo Group is seeking an experienced Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex hardware engineering activities for defence and aerospace projects. The role is based in Reading or Glasgow, with responsibility for delivering work packages on time, to high standards, and within budget.

You will coordinate engineering teams, manage priorities, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, reporting progress and ensuring compliance with industry standards and quality

Qualifications

• Proven experience in engineering delivery management or engineering project management.
• Background in hardware/electronics engineering or related discipline.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication with customers and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of hardware engineering work packages with milestones and budgets.
• Coordinate hardware engineering teams for planning, resources, and delivery.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues and dependencies, implementing mitigations.

Skills

Engineering delivery

Stakeholder management

Project management

Hardware/electronics

Leadership

Scheduling & budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Expleo is looking for an experienced Hardware Engineering Delivery Manager to join our growing engineering team, based in either Reading or Glasgow. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the delivery of complex hardware engineering activities within the defence and aerospace sectors. Working closely with engineering teams, project managers and customers, you will be responsible for ensuring hardware work packages are delivered to the required technical standards, on time and within budget. You will play a key role in coordinating engineering activities, managing project priorities and ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of hardware engineering work packages, ensuring milestones, budgets and quality expectations are achieved.
• Coordinate hardware engineering teams to ensure effective planning, resource allocation and delivery.
• Monitor project progress, identifying potential risks, issues and dependencies, and implementing appropriate mitigation plans.
• Work closely with project managers, technical leads and other engineering disciplines to support successful project delivery.
• Maintain strong relationships with customers and key stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress and delivery performance.
• Manage changes to project scope, priorities and technical requirements.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with relevant industry standards, quality processes and project requirements.
• Support the development and improvement of engineering delivery processes.
• Contribute to project reviews, reporting and continuous improvement activities.
• Provide leadership and support to engineering teams, encouraging collaboration and accountability.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in engineering delivery management, work package management or engineering project management.
• Background in hardware engineering, electronics engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with customers, project managers and engineering teams.
• Ability to monitor progress, report on delivery performance and implement corrective actions where required.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary engineering teams to achieve project objectives.

Desired Skills

• Experience delivering complex electronic hardware engineering programmes.
• Knowledge of systems engineering and multidisciplinary engineering environments.
• Experience working within structured project management frameworks.
• Familiarity with project reporting, resource forecasting and financial management.
• Experience working with UK defence customers and security-cleared engineering teams.

Experience

• Proven experience in engineering project delivery, work package management or engineering management.
• A background in hardware engineering, electronics engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience coordinating engineering teams and delivering technical projects to agreed timescales and budgets.
• Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience identifying and managing project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Confident communicating with customers, stakeholders and technical teams at different levels.
• A good understanding of engineering lifecycle processes, configuration management and quality assurance.
• Experience working within the defence, aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment would be advantageous.
• A relevant engineering qualification or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience managing project risks, issues, dependencies and changes to delivery plans.
• Experience working within a structured engineering lifecycle and following established quality and configuration management processes.
• Experience working within the defence, aerospace or another complex engineering environment.
• Experience planning, coordinating and delivering engineering activities to agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards.