Capability Lead

2 weeks ago

Boscombe Down, United Kingdom QinetiQ Full time

**Job Title**: Capability Lead

**Location**: MoD Boscombe Down, Salisbury

**Package**: Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

**Role Type**: Full-time / Permanent

**Role ID**: 16909

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Capability Lead at our MoD Boscombe Down site based in Salisbury, where you will have the opportunity to work with many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The Role

**Day-to-day, you will**:
Be responsible for ensuring the AEC fulfils optimum capability performance. Acting as a ‘hands on’ capability lead, you’ll report to the Head of Design to create a clear plan for the future strategic roadmap, and drive continuous improvement in this area.

Provide guidance and oversight across the AEC Project Delivery Teams to ensure standards and safe delivery of avionics, communication and aircraft electrical systems are achieved, whilst maintaining cost and schedule constraints.

Establish and maintain professional relationships with the Project Management Office (PMO) functions, in particular Project Management and Project Engineering, providing guidance to ensure safe and compliant delivery of Avionic project outputs.

Form part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team of Capability Leads, generating bid winning proposals through an AEC Solution Delivery Plan and successfully deliver a range of challenging, complex and novel projects within the AEC.

Participate in robust change management throughout the project lifecycle, maintaining compliance with CAA /MAA regulatory obligations.

This role is a full-time position based at our MoD Boscombe Down site in Salisbury with some flexibility for home working available.

**Essential Experience of the Capability Lead**:
In-depth knowledge of avionic systems; including communication, navigation and flight control systems.

Exceptional leadership qualities, with extensive experience operating in a senior engineering leadership role and the ability to motivate and guide individuals to achieve the balance between safety, quality, cost and schedule.

Substantial experience of CAA Part 21.J and MAA DOAS aviation regulations and certification processes, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

Demonstrable experience as CAA Part 21.J Compliance Verification Engineer is highly desirable.

Proven leadership of avionic design engineers throughout the project lifecycle, including verification, validation, test and customer acceptance phases of aircraft modification projects.

Demonstrable professional communication skills; with the ability to challenge and table logical and convincing technical arguments in the field of Avionics in formal internal, customer and CAA/MAA regulator reviews.

**Qualifications for the Capability Lead**:
Demonstrable experience of CAA Part 21.J, route to certification and operating under Flight Test Permit to Fly basis.

Please note that all applicants must hold, or be able to achieve for Security Clearance as a minimum.

Our Benefits

Adaptive and flexible working

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance

Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance

Employee discount portal

Holiday Trading

Support for the Armed Forces community

Payroll Giving and Volunteering

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together

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