Lead, Test Engineering Programs

Leonardo; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Coursera/LinkedIn Learning

Referral programme

Private healthcare

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo in Basildon, a world-leading high-tech company in Aerospace, Defence and Security, is recruiting a Project Engineering Lead for the Test Engineering team. The role leads a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver projects, coordinating with the Technical Lead to meet milestones and budgets.

The position requires strong leadership, excellent communication with stakeholders, and a solid understanding of engineering lifecycle and business processes.

Qualifications

• Clear concise engineering plans.
• Good problem-solving ability.
• Good schedule and budget control.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders across sites.
• Strong leadership with team-working skills.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle and business process.

Responsibilities

• Leading the Engineering aspects of test engineering Projects, ensuring technical quality, schedule and budget
• Management of the day-to-day project tasks of a multi-disciplined engineering team, ensuring that roles within the teams are clearly defined
• Create a positive working relationship with customers and partners, to deliver project capability
• Establish and maintain good lines of communication internally across the Engineering IPT’s, with the IPT leads, Project Managers, functional heads
• Work closely with the Test Engineering Technical Lead, to inform the Design Authorities and Systems Design Authorities on technical progress, technical risk and any mitigation strategies
• Ensuring the design solutions meet project and test engineering milestones on time and in scope
• Ensure the design solution is compatible with the business area product road map
• Control project configuration and change management to ensure design reuse is maximised.
• Support the management of Suppliers and project Make or Buy decisions
• Candidate concept solutionsare captured, including the results of any trade off studies and end user engagement

Skills

Engineering leadership

Schedule & budget control

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Lifecycle knowledge

Requirements elicitation

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Leonardo in Basildon, a world-leading high-tech company in Aerospace, Defence and Security, is recruiting a Project Engineering Lead for the Test Engineering team. The role leads a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver projects, coordinating with the Technical Lead to meet milestones and budgets.

The position requires strong leadership, excellent communication with stakeholders, and a solid understanding of engineering lifecycle and business processes.