Overview
Head of Electronic Engineering Ref. 895
You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.
Department: Engineering
Salary: £79,514 with additional recruitment retention allowance of £7,089
This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week Monday-Friday. Flexible or compressed working hours available. Opportunities to work from home (typically 1 day a week on average).
Shaping the future of hardware engineering at the heart of UK national security. HMGCC is at the forefront of engineering innovation, delivering high-impact, technology-driven solutions for UK national security. Through our commitment to excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, we push the boundaries of what’s possible. Technology and hardware are at the heart of what we do and we’re looking for an inspirational leader to shape and elevate our electronics profession.
You will lead the electronics profession working to solve the most difficult problems across a wide range of areas to support our customers to protect national security. You will oversee the development of electronics capability across the organisation, manage technical risk, mentor engineering talent, and ensure our electronics portfolio aligns with business goals. You will not just be an experienced electronics principal, but you will also have the leadership and vision to influence the long-term technical direction, standards, tools and ways of working. This comes at a time when we are changing to embrace more open ways of working with industry, academia, and wider government, so you will be leading your part of that transformation to ensure that HMGCC continues to provide the astonishing diversity of operational technology that our most iconic national security organisations need to keep the country safe and prosperous.
To Apply For This Role
You will already have substantial expertise in electronic engineering. This may be demonstrated through a Chartership or equivalent professional experience. Significant experience in electronics/hardware design, with an excellent track record of leading complex projects. Proven experience in technical leadership, mentoring, and capability building. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present a clear vision to stakeholders at all levels to drive transformational change. It would be beneficial (though not essential) to have:
* Deep understanding of a wide variety of disciplines, e.g. analogue, digital, mixed-signal, power electronics, PCB design, RF, FPGA and embedded systems.
* Proficient in ECAD tools in an enterprise environment.
* Experience defining and implementing technical standards and best practices.
* Prior experience of managing and working collaboratively with external suppliers and partners.
Your personal skills
You Will Be Someone Who
* Inspires and motivates teams to do their best in their work.
* Displays behaviours that promote a collaborative working environment which supports equality, diversity and inclusion.
* Can set and maintain a clear direction with highly focussed priorities to deliver pragmatic outcomes.
* Is adept at driving a performance culture across the organisation, empowering teams to deliver, whilst holding them accountable for outcomes.
* Is skilled in problem-solving and decision-making, especially around trade-offs and risk.
Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills and reporting to the Chief Engineer, you will:
* Lead and grow the electronics profession: define vision, strategy, and roadmaps for electronics engineering within the organisation.
* Provide deep technical leadership on critical electronics and multi-discipline programmes.
* Mentor, coach, and develop a team of electronics engineers, enabling career progression, skills growth and professional excellence.
* Collaborate cross-functionally: work with engineering leads and other heads of professions to identify emerging tools, techniques and technologies, evaluate their relevance, and guide their adoption into our products.
* Manage technical risk: lead design reviews, identify critical risks, and define mitigation strategies.
* Represent the electronics profession with stakeholders, providing expert insight.
What we offer
Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will be doing, here’s what we can offer:
* A positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment.
* 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service. 8 bank holiday days off in addition to annual leave. 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
* Pension. Our government pension scheme is Alpha. It’s a competitive, defined benefits scheme.
* Opportunities for development. Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Flexible or compressed hours to support you to balance your life with your work. Paid parental and adoption leave and neonatal policy. Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
* Free secure parking and allocated parking for car shares. Affinity groups for inclusion. Free onsite gym. Bike to work scheme. Multi-faith prayer room. 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice. Sports & social society, on-site theatre tickets and activities. On-site café and restaurant. On-site nursery (subject to availability). Relocation loan up to £2,500.
About HMGCC
We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security. We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation. We invest in our people, with training and ongoing career support to reach your full potential and enjoy work/life balance.
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion and diversity matter to us. HMGCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse. We’re not looking for any one type of person; we’re looking for talent from all backgrounds. We offer an Interview Scheme to applicants with disabilities or long-term health conditions to ensure fairness in the recruitment process.
Apply now. Discover more by clicking ‘apply’. Our recruitment team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will receive a response. Please note that depending on recruitment requirements, we may bring forward the closing date. relocation loan information is available upon relocation.
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