Programme Engineering Lead

Safran; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran Landing Systems in the United Kingdom seeks a Programme Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership across the development and in-service life of an assigned programme. You will act as the programme's principal technical authority and align customer needs with engineering capability to deliver safe, compliant products and services.

Responsibilities include directing the programme lifecycle, coordinating engineering activity across functions and suppliers, managing budgets and

Responsibilities

• Act as the programme's technical authority, providing direction throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Coordinate engineering capability to meet customer and programme commitments.
• Lead technical relationships with customers and airworthiness authorities.
• Manage engineering budgets, schedules, resources and priorities with Programme Management and functional leaders.
• Coordinate engineering activity across functions and suppliers to achieve programme objectives.
• Lead the design, development, industrialisation and qualification of landing gear structures and systems.
• Identify and manage technical risks, balancing safety, quality, cost, performance and schedule.
• Ensure engineering decisions, product changes and technical actions maintain airworthiness, compliance and configuration control.
• Lead responses to production, in-service and repair issues while driving product and cost improvements.
• Lead programme engineering teams, providing clear direction and supporting performance, development and collaboration.

Job description

The Programme Engineering Lead provides technical leadership throughout the development and in-service life of an assigned programme. Acting as the programme's principal technical authority, you will bring together customer needs, engineering expertise and wider business capability to deliver safe, compliant and effective products and services. Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the programme's technical authority, providing direction throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Coordinate engineering capability to meet customer and programme commitments.
• Lead technical relationships with customers and airworthiness authorities.
• Manage engineering budgets, schedules, resources and priorities with Programme Management and functional leaders.
• Coordinate engineering activity across functions and suppliers to achieve programme objectives.
• Lead the design, development, industrialisation and qualification of landing gear structures and systems.
• Identify and manage technical risks, balancing safety, quality, cost, performance and schedule.
• Ensure engineering decisions, product changes and technical actions maintain airworthiness, compliance and configuration control.
• Lead responses to production, in-service and repair issues while driving product and cost improvements.
• Lead programme engineering teams, providing clear direction and supporting performance, development and collaboration.
• The ability to understand complex systems, assess available evidence and identify practical, safe and commercially balanced solutions.
• Experience bringing together people and expertise across different functions, organisations or professional disciplines.
• A strong understanding of engineering design, development, industrialisation, qualification or in-service product support.
• Knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic or closely related systems, gained within aerospace or another highly regulated, safety-critical environment.
• An understanding of how technical requirements are managed at product, system or customer level.
• The ability to identify, communicate and manage technical risks, dependencies and opportunities.
• Experience balancing technical performance with cost, schedule, quality and customer expectations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical information understandable to different audiences.
• Confidence working collaboratively with customers, suppliers, regulators and senior stakeholders.
• The ability to influence, negotiate and build agreement where priorities or perspectives differ.

  Safran Landing Systems are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets.

  Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.