Principal Project Engineer

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Tewkesbury is seeking a Principal Project Engineer to join their Engineering team. You will lead complex development programs involving cross-discipline teams, focusing on Electronic Warfare and Cyber Security projects. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and a strong background in defense or aerospace environments. This role offers a competitive salary, generous benefits like private medical insurance and a flexible work schedule.

Benefits

£3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus

Flexible or part-time working arrangements

Half day finish on a Friday

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution

Life Assurance 4x salary

Group income protection

Gym membership options

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering development projects from concept to handover.
• Capability to work under tight time pressures and engage stakeholders.
• Experience managing a cross-functional engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a complex development programme with a cross-functional team.
• Resolve technical issues and lead design reviews.
• Estimate, schedule, and track project progress and metrics.
• Interface with key stakeholders and senior managers.
• Contribute to technical proposals and bids.
• Mentor engineers and support their development.

Skills

Leading engineering development projects

Interfacing with stakeholders

Systems engineering lifecycle experience

Technical issue resolution

Mentoring engineers

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title – Principal Project Engineer

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Job ID – 32226

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury is our HQ for our Intelligence & Cyber International division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

We are looking for Principal Project Engineers to join our Engineering team leading one or more of our Electronic Warfare or Cyber Security projects.

Reporting to an Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-discipline team to specify, build and deliver cutting edge embedded systems for a range of domains including; Electronic Warfare, IP Communications Systems and Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR).

A few of our employee benefits are:

• £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Leading and owning a complex development programme involving a cross functional engineering team
• Resolving technical issues and leading key design reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR etc)
• Estimating, scheduling and tracking progress amongst the team and reporting earned value metrics including CPI, SPI, ETC, BCWS, BCWP and ACWP
• Interfacing with and presenting to key stakeholders including customers, regulatory authorities and, internally, with senior managers
• Leading and influencing the architectural design of complex engineering solutions drawing from a range of engineering disciplines including analogue and digital electronics, RF, FPGA, embedded software, application software, user-interface, and mechanical solutions.
• Guiding a development through the systems engineering lifecycle ensuring compliance against internal processes and legal and safety standards
• Contributing to the generation of technical proposals, bids and supporting internal review, governance and sign-off.
• Guiding and mentoring engineers to support skills development within the wider team.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Experience of taking a leading role in engineering development projects through most parts of the systems engineering lifecycle from concept definition through to handover to the customer.
• Experience of working under tight time pressures and interfacing with key stakeholders including customers
• Experience in leading a team of engineers of multiple disciplines and levels.
• Relevant industry experience in either the Defence, Aerospace or other complex embedded environments.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.