Systems Engineering Manager

Ultra I&C; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participation in an Annual Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover

25 days’ holiday

Pension Contribution

Flexible working hours

Security Clearance Allowance

Cycle to work scheme

Security Clearance Allowance

Job summary

A leading defense technology firm in Maidenhead, UK, is seeking an Engineering Manager to oversee engineering delivery on complex projects. The successful applicant will lead a multi-discipline team and must be knowledgeable in Systems Engineering and project management. Experience within the UK Defence/Aerospace industry is preferred, as well as the ability to maintain necessary security clearances. Flexible benefits and a commitment to diversity and inclusivity are also emphasized in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Full knowledge of Systems Engineering lifecycle and various development models.
• Proven engineering management and oversight experience of a team of 10 engineers.
• Hands-on expertise in command & control defense systems, encryption, and communication.
• Ability to quantify Basis of Estimate costs for pursuits and changes.
• Experience with lifecycle tools for configuration mgmt and metrics.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering delivery for varied project scopes.
• Ensure systematic approach across all disciplines in the project.
• Oversee change management and address resource needs effectively.
• Proactively engage governance to ensure processes are followed and agreements implemented.
• Manage resources and recruitment, enabling upskilling and resilience.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks to minimise impact on schedule and budget.

Skills

Engineering management

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Cost estimation

Risk management

Mentoring team

Education

Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Systems 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.

Cyber Business Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.

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 the 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.
• Leads, defines, delegates and monitors the tasking and the dependencies relating to engineering activities distributed cross the multi-discipline project team.
• Ensure a systematic approach across all required disciplines in the project team, supports the Program Management team in the planning and scheduling of their project; proposes optimisations to schedule logic that improve schedule.
• Proactively working with wider business stakeholders, especially governance, to ensure processes are followed/tailored agreements are implemented upon and maintained.
• Continuous realisation of resource and dependency needs to permit upskills, supply and recruitment; working with the discipline leads to ensure that resource/capability requirements are agreed; provides input to longer term recruitment/supply strategy (skills and/or tooling gap identification etc.); adapts to manage resource problems on project to achieve budgets.
• Ensures that project engineering artefacts are delivered to an agreed governance level/maturity, to budget and schedule; seamlessly identifies and implements solutions to remedy overspend or schedule slip; strives to beat schedule and improve margin.
• Quickly and clearly raises resource concerns or any other project constraints risking value/success; proposes and manages solutions.
• Articulates and quantifies technical risks on the project; actively manages their mitigation to minimise risk to project within the schedule.
• Coordinates all engineering resources on the project; delegation of day-today tasking.
• Provides any input required for business and customer reporting; proposes improved means of monitoring and reporting (metrics); represents the company on their project with customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Oversight of change, scoping the potential impact, risks, dependencies, benefits and costs. Working with stakeholders to achieve change agreements.
• Effectively resolves any concerns with other dependent functional domains (e.g. production engineering, test facilities); optimises business needs across all functions.
• Working with the resource stakeholders to support development of the team via tasking opportunities and knowledge sharing, resulting in growth, greater efficiency and resilience.
• 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.

Required

• Demonstrate 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.
• Confident 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.
• Identify project growth and development opportunities from internal and external influence.
• Experience 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.
• Ensure and assure the delivery of all agreed products throughout all Life Cycle phases across one or more assigned projects.
• 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

• Able to travel within UK
• Significant on-site presence to support classification of work and maximise team contribution
• Valid Driving license
• Holding SC and willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.

Notice

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.

Our Benefits

Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

• 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]