Job Title: Lead Hardware Engineer
Location: Rochester, Kent - 4 days on site
Role Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum depending on experience
Our client, an established electronics manufacturing firm in Rochester, require an experienced Lead Hardware Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team specialising in Aerospace electronics.
Candidates would need to have lived & worked in the UK for 5+ years and be eligible for BPSS security clearance.
What the role of the Lead Hardware Engineer entails:
Some of the main duties of the Lead Hardware Engineer will include:
* 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
What experience you need to be the successful Lead Hardware Engineer:
* 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
This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Hardware Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!