Principal Engineer (Defence & Emerging Opportunities)

University of Warwick (Warwick Manufacturing Group); Coventry; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Warwick’s Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) seeks an experienced leader to develop, with the WMG leadership team, a National Security and Dual Use capability strategy for emerging markets, especially defence and national security, addressing current and future needs.

You will provide technical leadership to Business Development to engage industrial partners, support the bid-and-win pipeline, and represent WMG on national bodies related to emerging sectors, acting as an

Responsibilities

• Develop WMG as a key player in defence and dual-use emerging markets.
• Provide technical leadership and support to Business Development in national security engagement strategy.
• Engage appropriate industrial companies to enable WMG to bid and win future activities.
• Represent WMG’s capabilities on national bodies related to emerging sectors.
• Lead industrial sector contacts for future defence-related opportunities.
• Support proposals spanning across WMG capability groups.

Job description

Develop, with the WMG leadership team, a 'National Security and Dual Use' capability strategy for the emerging markets for WMG, especially defence, and national security that responds to the current and future national and industrial need. Provide technical leadership and support to Business Development in developing and executing the national security engagement strategy in WMG including the implementation and continued drive to delivery. Support the business development team to engage appropriate industrial companies to enable WMG to successfully bid and win a future pipeline of activities. Activities will include:

• Develop WMG as a key player in the defence and adjacent emerging market sectors (considering dual use opportunities)
• Working with other HVMC centres and Universities to develop collaborations and partnerships to deliver optimal solutions to industry and national bodies
• Representing WMG’s technical capabilities, and HVMC activity, on national bodies, interactions as related to the emerging sectors
• Act as an industrially focused technical sector lead for WMG, identify and initiate contact with key industrial targets for future activities in defence and associated dual use applications
• Support Business Development in building an industrial network through initiating trusted enduring strategic relationships with key industrial organisations,
• Contribute technical credibility and insight and where needed support the creation of proposals that span across WMG capability groups.