Role Responsibilities:
1. Manage the development and delivery of new technology and prototype projects to meet the performance, cost, quality, and delivery requirements of the customer or internal to Airtechnology.
2. Manage the engineering resources to deliver the New Technology and Prototype development activities.
3. Manage the engineering resources to deliver the electromagnetic solutions required by the Engineering Department
4. Interpret requirement specifications and interface effectively with other disciplines to contribute to an overall coherent design process.
5. Develop and maintain the engineering capability (skills, tools, test equipment) to meet the strategic objectives of the organisation.
6. Work with the other Engineering Managers to share resources as applicable to provide required skill sets or expertise.
7. Collaborate with wider Engineering team at Sunbury and Bangalore in establishing, developing, and delivering the technology and product roadmaps
8. Provide technical proposals, project costings and development plans for new opportunities, working with the wider Engineering and Programmes team.
9. Develop strong technical relationships with the customer base.
10. Provide technical support during customer visits.
11. Support the annual budget preparation.
12. Undertake the annual staff appraisal process including SMART objective setting and identification of training needs
13. Manage new employees through the probation review process.
14. When required, support recruitment including candidate interviews and selection.
Person Requirements
15. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical & Electronics Engineering, or closely related discipline. Post graduate technical qualification preferred.
16. Experience of 7 years or more with increasing technical responsibility for New Technology and/or Prototype Product development for high integrity products and systems containing some of the following: electro-mechanical components, motors, fans, fluid mechanical components, actuators
17. Demonstrated experience of effective team management
18. Strong technical depth in specific sub-discipline areas, and good breadth of understanding across most engineering disciplines
19. Strong ability to draw conclusions from data analysis to make robust, informed design decisions
20. Strong ability to present technical information effectively to groups of 10 to 50 people and communicate effectively at all levels of the business.
21. Effective project management skills
22. Collaborative, cross functional approach to problem solving.
23. Valid UK Passport