Systems Engineering Team Lead

Vacancy Reference: CLA-363

Position: Full-time

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Salary Range: £60,000- £70,000

At Callen-Lenz, we are expanding the limits of what is possible. We specialise in crewed and uncrewed aircraft operations and technology, and having recently received investment into the business we are going through a period of rapid growth and development and are looking for key roles to assist with these changes. Callen-Lenz offers innovative and customer focused UAS solutions through our 4 key business strands; technical services, products, platforms and operational services. We are looking for individuals to help drive forward our expansion.

Our Values

• Innovation
• Integrity
• Excellence
• Collaboration

Why Work for Us

Based in the heart of rural Wiltshire, close to the Historic city of Salisbury you will join our rapidly growing, friendly and multi-disciplined team, working on a range of diverse and interesting projects, leading the way in this exciting field. The Callen-Lenz team are passionate about what we do, and we are searching for individuals to grow with us as we expand into the aerospace industry.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Buy/Sell holiday policy up to 5 days either way
• Pension Scheme via Royal London
• Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.
• Green Car Scheme
• Life assurance scheme (6x basic salary)
• Income protection policy (75% of basic salary)
• Private Health Insurance via Bupa
• Private Dental insurance via Bupa
• Enhanced Maternity and paternity
• 1 Professional membership reimbursed per year
• 1 paid volunteering day per year
• Access to an independent financial advisor year round
• Training & development opportunities

About The Role
You will lead a Systems Engineering team, splitting your time between leading the team and hands on engineering activities at a senior level. The split will continuously evolve depending on project and team requirements.

Reporting to and working with the Systems Engineering Manager you will deliver avionic systems engineering outputs as part of a wider systems engineering department, primarily by coordinating and supporting team members.

You will also be providing day-to-day line management of a team of systems engineers, supporting the Systems Engineering Manager with resource planning and project delivery.

A key element of this role will be delivering a strong technical output comprising all aspects of design, development and integration engineering associated with control, navigation, communication, payload, aircraft management, and C2 systems.

Role Responsibilities

• Performance management of individuals through the conduct of routine 1-2-1 meetings with a focus on SMART objectives / development needs
• Provide support to team members including mentoring, encouraging pan-company collaboration and resolution of emergent issues
• Management of employee related tasks via company tools such as Bamboo (Internal HR Systems), including approval of absence, mandatory training, etc.
• Supporting the Systems Engineering Manager with recruitment – defining needs, reviewing applications, supporting interviews and onboarding of new staff
• Working with and supporting other team leads across the organisation with cross project resourcing and rolling out change
• Design, development and integration of avionics systems for unmanned air systems, including, control, navigation, communication, electrical, aircraft management and command & control (C2) systems.
• Integration of systems, including other air vehicle systems such as power plant, fuel systems and payloads.
• Assessment of system and subsystem failures and impacts to other systems.
• Support and enable flight test development activities, including field work.
• Generation and updates of configuration, maintenance and user documentation, for products and internal processes
• Develop and maintain test facilities and tools
• Guide and support other engineers across involved projects
• Support manufacturing and build teams with engineering queries
• Through close liaison and provision of updates to design, configuration and testing
• Support project managers in a technical capacity, advising on resource and budget estimates
• Perform other related duties as required

About You
Qualifications:

A BSc or Masters Honours degree in an Engineering or Science subject.

Skills:

Essential

• Ability to support the development and mentoring of other engineers
• Demonstrable organisational and planning skills
• Experience in designing, developing and testing complex electrical, electronic and/or software-based systems
• Competent in practical integration tasks either using software or hardware-based rigs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Report writing and information dissemination/presentation.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English

Desirable

• Experience as a line manager
• Design or systems engineering experience in UAS and associated systems
• Experience with integration and/or use of UAS flight control systems
• Experience in flying, or flight test, of UAS or RPAS
• Familiarity with common engineering tools, for example DOORS, Solidworks, Python, MATLAB or equivalents
• Demonstrable knowledge of systems engineering, preferably in aerospace.
• Configuration Management experience in an engineering environment

Personal Attributes

• Must be a British Citizen or must have an existing right to work in the UK
• Ability to live near and work in Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
• Ability to commit to occasional national and international travel
• Interest in aviation
• Good communicator
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Ability to work well in a team
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Ability to hold Security Clearance – 5 years residence in the UK

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Callen-Lenz is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. It is essential that the successful candidate must, by the start of their employment have permission to work in the UK. Proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK will be required prior to commencement of employment.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks