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We have an opportunity for a Chief Engineer to join the GCAP project team, taking on a significant technical leadership and Design Authority role for the Team Tempest demonstrator Multi-Function Antenna (MFA). The project is moving into an exciting phase with printed circuit designs being finalised and manufactured within the next 12 months and test and integration beginning in the second half of this year.
As the MFA Chief Engineer and Design Authority, you will be responsible for the delivery of the engineering solution for the MFA aligning with defined requirements. The role will require interaction with external customers, industrypartners, and suppliers as well as coordination of the internal engineering team in line with the engineering management and project management teams.
This role offers a unique opportunity to make a real impact on national security and to contribute to the future of combat aviation. If you’re a visionary leader with a passion for defence technology, and a commitment to engineering excellence, we’d love to hear from you.
Due to the nature of the tasks involved, you must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and will require access tocaveatedinformation such as UK eyes only.
What you’ll do as Chief Engineer:
Provide expert technical leadership in all design and development engineering matters relating to all MFA and subsystem development
Development of the design by ensuring effective implementation of the company’s design review process and proactive management of design review actions and non-conformance reports.
This primarily concerns taking the project through manufacture, integration, test and qualification
Act as the design authority for the MFA development, as delegated by the overall system design authority
Ensure design margin control is implemented
Oversee the safety aspects of the development work
Provide support to production through analysis and assessment of test failures and corresponding concession approval
Provide technical oversight of bid and job development
Make technical decisions on the product design improvements
Support certification and commissioning of the flight trials aircraft installation
Work in conjunction with the MFA inter-discipline leads; Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies
Represent the design team to the wider Team Tempest, including the Ministry of Defence
What we need from you:
A degree in Electronic Engineering or a related subject
Hold, or be capable of obtaining, chartered status with the Engineering Council
A strong technical background in the design, qualification and certification of complex airborne equipment
Significant depth of technical leadership experience spanning the engineering lifecycle, including systems and platform integration, and the application of relevant design assurance processes and standards
A structured approach to technical problem solving, excellent communication skills, and experience of providing technical leadership to engineering teams
Demonstrable experience of leading an engineering team to achieve challenging milestones
It would be great if you have:
Ability to make strategic decisions to direct engineering work packages
Experience of defining and implementing innovative engineering solutions
Airborne radar design or similar aerospace and defence experience
Experience of testing of complex engineering products at both component and assembly levels
Configuration management and hardware traceability experience
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