Key skills
Leadership
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead the hardware architecture and LRU design from concept to manufacture, leveraging your background experience in signal processing, radio systems, electro-mechanical and/or complex systems engineering.
- You will take the Design Approved Organisation Scheme role of Product Design Authority.
- Engage directly with customer, engineering and manufacturing stakeholders.
- Drive concept development and solution selection.
- Manage requirements, interfaces, and functional allocation.
- Provide technical leadership across partner engineering teams.
- Approve key engineering artefacts including qualification reports and compliance matrices.
- Support safety and security analysis.
- Lead design reviews and ensure technical governance.
Requirements
- Experience in LRU hardware / digital architecture design at Lead or Chief Engineer level, applied to digital signal processing and acquisition of RF/Microwave signals; ideally with experience in the military and/or air domain or similarly regulated environments.
- Eligibility for UK Security Clearance.
- (Desirable) Engineering degree, Chartered status, experience with Teamcenter/DOORS.
Benefits
- Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
- Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
- Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
- Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
- Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
- Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.