Systems Engineering Manager

Ultra Electronics Group; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Cover

25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays

Pension Contribution

Flexible working hours

Security Clearance Allowance

Job summary

Ultra Electronics Group is searching for a leader in engineering management to oversee project delivery in Maidenhead, UK. This role entails managing a multi-discipline team and ensuring that all engineering activities adhere to planned processes and standards.

Candidates who are knowledgeable about the Systems Engineering lifecycle and have proven leadership skills will thrive in this position. The company offers various benefits, including an annual bonus and private medical cover.

Qualifications

• Knowledgeable of the Systems Engineering life cycle.
• Experience overseeing teams of a minimum of 10 multi-discipline engineers.
• Experience with strategy, planning, and design of complex solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering leadership for project delivery.
• Manage dependencies relating to engineering activities.
• Support Program Management in planning and scheduling.

Skills

Systems Engineering lifecycle knowledge

Engineering management

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Command & Control systems

Tools

Engineering lifecycle tools

Job description

Overview

Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications Cyber (UK) Business Powering Decision. Join the team redefining defense technology. From engineering systems that save lives to leading programs that change the battlefield—find your place in the future of defense.

Job Description

• Provision of engineering leadership and management of concurrent engineering to ensure that assigned projects and tasking are delivered to scope, cost and schedule.
• Responsible for executing the engineering delivery of projects of a variety of sizes in accordance with business, management and technical processes.
• Lead all project engineering activities and the team, aligned to ISO 15288 and ISO 24748 processes, defining and continuous implementation of a systems approach.
• Effectively delegate responsibilities, monitoring and managing progress to achieve the scope of the engineering to satisfaction of the budget, schedule and governance stakeholders.
• Assure and govern the implementation and application of engineering in accordance with the agreed plans and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own, lead and assure the execution of agreed scope of engineering for delivery of projects of a variety of sizes/scale.
• Lead, define, delegate and monitor the tasking and the dependencies relating to engineering activities distributed across the multi‑discipline project team.
• Ensure a systematic approach across all required disciplines in the project team.
• Support the Program Management team in planning and scheduling of their project; propose optimisations to schedule logic that improve schedule.
• Proactively work with wider business stakeholders, especially governance, to ensure processes are followed / tailored agreements are implemented upon and maintained.
• Continuously realise resource and dependency needs to permit upskills, supply and recruitment; work with discipline leads to ensure that resource/capability requirements are agreed; provide input to longer‑term recruitment/supply strategy; adapt to manage resource problems on project to achieve budgets.
• Ensure that project engineering artefacts are delivered to an agreed governance level/maturity, to budget and schedule; seamlessly identify and implement solutions to remedy overspend or schedule slip; strive to beat schedule and improve margin.
• Quickly and clearly raise resource concerns or any other project constraints risking value/success; propose and manage solutions.
• Articulate and quantify technical risks on the project; actively manage their mitigation to minimise risk to project within the schedule.
• Coordinate all engineering resources on the project; delegate day‑to‑day tasking.
• Provide any input required for business and customer reporting; propose improved means of monitoring and reporting (metrics); represent the company on their project with customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Oversee change, scoping the potential impact, risks, dependencies, benefits and costs. Work with stakeholders to achieve change agreements.
• Effectively resolve any concerns with other dependent functional domains (e.g. production engineering, test facilities); optimise business needs across all functions.
• Work with resource stakeholders to support development of the team via tasking opportunities and knowledge sharing, resulting in growth, greater efficiency and resilience.

Qualifications

• Not necessarily a technical expert, but sufficiently knowledgeable of the Systems Engineering life cycle and sufficiently technically competent to manage technical teams to completion of work packages.
• Full knowledge of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, V and numerous development models (Iterative, Incremental etc).
• Proven engineering management, technical leadership and mentoring skills, with experience of overseeing a team of a minimum of 10 multi‑discipline engineers.
• Experience of strategy, planning and design of complex solutions, as either standalone capability or for integrating in/with other systems.
• Confidence in quantifying Basis of Estimate costs for pursuits and change opportunities.
• Proven Systems Engineering techniques/methods, i.e. modelling, to quantify and capture capability use and employment, resulting in a needs definition.
• Identifies project growth and development opportunities from internal and external influence.
• Experience with engineering lifecycle tools and their use to manage the work: configuration management, traceability and support the generation of metrics.
• Excellent multi‑method and tool, Customer/Stakeholder engagement skills and communication techniques.
• Experienced in creating work breakdown structure, with a value basis, where the realisation of the required artefacts achieves internal process and external contract commitments.
• Support external engagement, with travel, to both customer and supplier meetings, as the team lead and a key project/business representative.
• Hands‑on expertise in a number of the following areas: Command & Control, Defence systems, sensors, communications, encryption, land/maritime/airborne capability.
• Demonstrable experience in delivery of proven regulated / legislation aligned solutions within UK Defence/Aerospace industry.

Additional Role Requirements

• Ability to travel within UK.
• Significant on‑site presence to support classification of work and maximise team contribution.
• Valid driving licence.
• Holding SC and willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.

Security Clearance and Export Controls

Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export‑controlled material as defined by the role's requirements. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance for the role. Due to the nature of our work, you must be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. For more information, please visit the UKSV website.

Benefits

• Participation in an Annual Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover
• 25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Pension Contribution
• 4 x Life Assurance Cover
• Flexible working hours with opportunity for a 1pm finish on a Friday
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more
• Security Clearance Allowance – where relevant and subject to you holding the required security clearance

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible. If you have any issues with your application, please email us at [e-mail].