Lead Engineer

What you'll do:

• Technically lead large projects, or multiple small projects.
• Provide technical leadership to Project Engineers.
• Be responsible for planning the engineering tasks, management of internal functions and generation of engineering management plans.
• Engage with customers to ensure a solution meets their expectations and communicate the customer expectations internally.
• Plan and present engineering design gate reviews, engage with internal functions (e.g. airworthiness, safety) to ensure the project delivery milestones are fully met
• Manage technical risks and opportunities.
• Execute all stages of system lifecycle (requirements management, validation, systems design, development, integration, verification and qualification per Eaton process and customer requirements)
• Manage engineering change to ensure system integrity all through the lifecycle and ensuring traceability of all key design decisions.
• Provide support and guidance in all areas of the product lifecycle.
• Liaising with the engineering leadership and programme management teams to ensure the project is adequately resourced and support to identify any potential capability shortfalls.

Skills:

• You'll need good communication skills, both verbal and written to interface with customers and internal stakeholders.
• You must be self-motivated and proactive, using both your own technical skills and teamwork to find resolutions to issues.
• You should have experience of engineering lifecycle and design reviews.
• You must have experience in technical report writing.
• You need to be comfortable presenting technical content at all levels across the business.
• You should have had some indirect or direct management experience.
• It is expected that you have previously held engineering sign off for documents, but it's not required.
• Experience working with project management in the generation of schedules would be of benefit.

Qualifications:

• You should have 10 years experience in an engineering role - Aerospace and/or defence experience preferred.