Job title: Technical Lead – Combat Systems
Location: Glasgow, Portsmouth or Filton; We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Up to £63,000 depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure customer and business needs are satisfied appropriately, proactively solving problems and issues when they arise Liaising with other Combat System technical design leads, and the RCD CS Technical Authority (TA) to ensure coherency across the Combat System and the incorporation of RCD wholeship and sub-system requirements Customer facing role which will require competency within the Combat Systems domain, acting as the SME in area of responsibility Support design change and design improvement from existing platform baselines to ensure the design intent of the platform is maintained Technical design lead for the definition of Combat System design rules and management of all deviations for the CS Team Technical design lead in support of physical integration undertaking technical work activities within a systems engineering context Technical design lead in providing support to the platform and detail design teams for defining the requirements for Combat System equipment in non-Combat System compartments
Your skills and experiences: Essential:
* A relevant degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, with a demonstration of suitable experience/competency in Combat Systems
* Member of a professional organisation and holds Chartered Engineering (C.Eng) status (or working towards)
* Previous experience of managing a technical team and can provide coaching and mentoring to others within the Combat Systems team to support their development
* Has acted as a Combat Systems SME within a complex programme
Desirable:
* Understanding of System Engineering design Lifecycle within an Engineering to Order (ETO) programme
* Experience in fast-paced environment using SME knowledge to solve integration challenges to keep the project on track
Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experie