Electrical Engineering Team Lead for Radar Systems

7 days ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Leonardo SpA Full time

This is a challenging and dynamic role as the Support Engineering Lead, where you will be responsible for providing engineering guidance to ensure the smooth progress of complex radar systems through the manufacturing process.

As the lead engineer, you will have full responsibility for all aspects of engineering support to production, managing and growing your team as required.

Main Responsibilities:

  1. Lead the receiver support team, identifying key objectives, delegating work, and managing progress.
  2. Be a primary engineering point of contact for operations, a key individual in the delivery of Typhoon radar production.
  3. Provide engineering judgement and guidance to ensure production output targets are achieved.
  4. Plan and execute effective root cause / corrective action plans.
  5. Work hand in hand with the product development teams to ensure lessons learned and DFx best practices are deployed at early lifecycle stages for future products.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • A degree or higher qualification in Electronics or a related engineering discipline.
  • A positive self-starting personality with an ability to think on your feet and make decisions in a timely manner.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and a demonstrable tenacity for understanding and implementing robust Root Cause and Corrective Action plans.
  • Good understanding and experience of the design of high-performance products for series production.
  • Ability to obtain SC Clearance for UK-caveated programmes.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience in a similar role, supporting production of complex electro-mechanical systems.
  • Ideally, you will have an electronics background with around three years RF experience with a view to owning a level of design authority for the product. But this role primarily requires an engineer who is a pragmatic self-starting leader.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to grow your people management skills while learning about Radar systems and complex product manufacturing.

Location: GB - Edinburgh

Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Onsite

The estimated salary for this role is £55,000 - £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.



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