At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team of engineers to assess complex weapon system performance.
- Company: Join a leading defence organisation with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with significant impact on national security.
- Why this job: Shape the future of defence technology and lead a talented team.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering leadership and systems engineering lifecycle.
The predicted salary is between 55350 - 67650 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Capability Lead, Weapon System Performance to lead a specialist engineering team responsible for assessing the performance of complex weapon system solutions.
You will lead and develop a team of approximately 12 engineers, with responsibility for building a high-performing and sustainable capability as demand for the team's expertise continues to grow.
The role
- Leading and developing a team of specialist engineers with varying levels of experience
- Establishing and delivering a compelling vision for the future development of the capability
- Managing recruitment, staff development, knowledge management, capacity planning and objective setting
- Providing pragmatic technical leadership across emerging engineering topics and bids
- Supporting the assessment of weapon system performance using complex models and high-performance computing environments
- Analysing system behaviour across a wide range of operational and design conditions
- Working across the systems engineering lifecycle
- Building effective relationships with project teams, customers and other engineering functions
About you
- Proven experience leading specialist engineering teams and developing technical capability
- Strong knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle
- Experience providing technical leadership within complex engineering environments
- The ability to develop people, manage capacity and build long-term capability
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience of modelling, simulation, performance analysis or similarly complex engineering assessment would be advantageous
- A pragmatic approach to solving technical challenges and supporting bids or emerging requirements
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to shape and grow a specialist capability supporting the development and performance assessment of complex defence systems.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
Capability Lead - Weapon System Performance in Stevenage employer: Electus Recruitment Solutions
Join a leading defence company in Bristol, where innovation meets purpose. We offer a collaborative work culture that fosters technical excellence and provides ample opportunities for professional growth within the defence sector. With a focus on advanced Air Defence systems, you'll be part of a team that values your expertise and encourages hands-on involvement in shaping critical software architectures.
Contact Details:
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