Hardware Team Lead £94.24 per hour (Inside IR35) 12 months Monday to Thursday on site - Rochester (Kent) As a Hardware Team Leader, you will lead a team of highly skilled and experienced hardware engineers responsible for the support to our production programs within products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety critical technology. Core duties: You will be providing managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team You will be involved in work package management; cost, schedule, risk and opportunities You will be ensuring the engineering team is supporting the production program demand You will be providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes You will be leading cost and performance trade-offs Essential Skills: You will be able to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle You will have proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control You will have experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and target areas of improvement, focusing on failure reduction and MDBF It is desirable you will have experience of the Safety Critical Systems, requirements management tools, such as DOORS or work-package management tools, such as MSP, JIRA The Hardware Team: You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors, and other associated safety-critical technology. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work with innovating cutting-edge projects as a member of a very experienced diverse team, with the view to progressing your career in this industry.