Chief Engineer in Fareham

Reporting to the Site Engineering Manager, the Chief Engineer will provide technical leadership and focus on technical excellence within the Engineering Department. This will principally involve oversight of Integrated Project Teams responsible for the development, manufacture and support of technical solutions that meet customer, business, regulatory, safety and human factors requirements. This position is a key member of the Engineering Leadership Team and Site Airworthiness Board and requires the position holder to possess the relevant experience to be appointed as a Company Design Signatory, responsible for both initial and continued airworthiness. In doing so, they must assume the correct level of maturity, competence and integrity to execute these duties effectively. A key part of this role is to provide the interface with external certification authorities, approval bodies and the Site Production Organisation.

Your responsibilities:

• Ensure product safety and compliance with legislative, regulatory and customer requirements (including environmental and physical requirements).
• Company Design Signatory and Certification Authority point of contact.
• Preparation, checking and/or approval of project design and certification documents.
• Chair Technical Design reviews, internal and external, throughout the development lifecycle.
• Ensure robust quality, performance, cost and time trade-offs are undertaken and then establish technical solutions coherent with the agreed budgets and timescales.
• Provide direction, control, evaluation and recommendations with regard to technical risks and opportunities.
• Manage and communicate issues to senior management.
• Ensure the continued effectiveness of the Business Management System that defines the Product Design & Certification process and the associated development lifecycle.

Essential experience required in order to be considered for this role:

• Bachelor’s Degree qualified in an Engineering related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in within a highly regulated engineering design environment with demonstrable underpinning knowledge of the full developmental lifecycle.
• Strong background in avionics systems design (experience with flight and navigation systems is desirable).
• A thorough methodical approach to design activities and exceptional attention to detail.
• Substantial analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
• Sound understanding of the Systems lifecycle as defined in ARP4754 – up to and including FDAL B.
• Knowledge of current Systems Engineering, Software Engineering and Electronics Engineering standards and techniques particularly with respect to flight certified civil airborne systems (EUROCAE ED-79/SAE ARP4754, SAE ARP4761, EUROCAE ED-80/RTCA DO-254, EUROCAE ED-12/RTCA DO-178, EUROCAE ED-14, CS-ETSO, CS-23, CS-25, CS-27, CS-29).
• Previous experience in a similar role as a CVE or Design Signatory for avionics systems.
• Self-motivated leader and team player capable of working with minimum direction.
• Possess excellent communication and inter-personal skills, and the ability to interact with subject matter experts regarding a wide range of technical and operational topics.
• Drive and commitment, maintaining high standards.
• Experience of mentoring and providing technical leadership to small teams in a design environment.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Master’s Degree qualified in an Engineering related field.
• Chartered Engineering status.

What We Offer:

• Funded membership of a professional body.
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress.
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution.
• Life Assurance x4 basic salary.
• Share buying scheme.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days.
• Service-related holiday (3 years = 1 day and increase up to max 5 days).
• Cash Plan or Private Medical Cover.
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing.
• Free on-site car parking.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• An on-site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food.
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services.