Lead Test Equipment Engineer
Job Description:
We are looking for a lead engineer to join the Radar Test Equipment delivery team at Leonardo in Edinburgh. In this role, you will provide technical leadership to a multi-discipline team of engineers developing solutions to perform various types of testing, from design verification through acceptance to repair on one of our Radar products.
You will be working within an integrated project delivery team with responsibility across the full Engineering Lifecycle from requirements capture to final delivery. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a highly skilled team at a time of significant growth within the Radar sector.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
You really must have:
* Have a degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience.
* Well rounded engineering experience in all phases of the Product Life Cycle across several projects and preferably in a number of engineering domains
* Experience of designing solutions for one or more of the following technologies:
o Radio Frequency/Microwave/Array
o Digital and/or Analogue
o Power Supplies
o High Speed Digital Interfacing
o Common interfaces i.e. RS422, 1553, I2C/SPI, Ethernet
* Have the ability to analyse system level documents and derive detailed unit requirements under own initiative.
* Be able to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form.
* Be willing to work on your own or as part of a team to resolve technical issues.
* Have a methodical and thorough approach to design.
It would be nice if you had:
* Experience of customer/ supplier relations and working within multi-discipline project teams.
* Knowledge of Requirements management tools such as DOORS
Security Clearance:
You must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and will require access to caveated information such as UK eyes only. For more information on SC, please see the gov.uk website.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
* Lead the technical direction and provide the oversight needed for the engineering team to achieve technically compliant work packages.
* Act as the domain expert in support of customer and user engagement understanding their requirements in the context of the solution.
* Giving overall direction to the team advising on technical specialism, domain expertise, engineering process and tool use as required.
* Resolve complex multidisciplinary issues raised from within and outside of engineering.
* Mentor, coach and develop more junior members of the team in order to develop overall capability.
* Promote a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation.
* Seeking to improve the technical completion of engineering tasks beyond that expected and planned with improvement opportunities captured through the engineering and business process.
* Contribute to decision making at a project and product level.
* Act as a subject matter expert providing critical review of engineering drawing sets.
* Review engineering estimates of tasks incorporating advice on how to reduce cost and timescale, increase compliance and reduce technical risk to inform bids and estimates to complete.
Primary Location: GB - Edinburgh
Contract Type: Full time
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
#J-18808-Ljbffr