Important: All applicants must be able to obtain DV Security Clearance and must hold British Nationality as their sole nationality.
Working: The role will require 5 days per week onsite due to workload classification.
Join a business at the forefront of innovation, with a lot to offer! A company backed by a record multi-year order book, offering long-term stability and sustained investment, with years of secured work ahead!
As a Technical Lead, you will join one of the most advanced engineering teams shaping the future of defence technology. You will join the specialist innovation group within the business, developing next generation capabilities across RF and Laser Directed Energy and Low Observable Technologies. With rapid growth and increasing demand across the Armed Forces community, this is an exceptional time to step into a role where your work has real impact!
The Opportunity:
As a Technical Lead in the innovation programme team, you'll be at the heart of the work in RF Directed Energy Systems a fast growing, strategically important area for the business and the UK defence sector. This is a rare chance to guide groundbreaking research, see ideas transform into real-world systems, and work on technology that is genuinely world-leading.
In this role, you will:
* Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team delivering RF DEW development activities.
* Oversee electromagnetic modelling, electrical architecture analysis, system testing and design.
* Collaborate closely with the Design Lead to drive design decisions, trade-off studies and technical direction.
* Take accountability for technical leadership, project delivery and budget management.
* Shape cutting-edge technology that will influence future defence capability.
What we're looking for:
* Proven track record delivering complex engineering development activities.
* Experience leading teams, encouraging collaboration and driving technical delivery.
* A degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or similar.
* Experience with project planning, work package management or programme delivery
* Willingness to undertake DV-level security clearance
Desirable experience in any of the following areas:
* High-power RF systems
* Electrical/electronic architecture
* Electromagnetic modelling
* RF testing
Even If you feel like you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to reach out and apply.
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