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Lead Hardware Engineer

Job Posted: 15 hours ago

Salary: £ 60,000 - 65,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Rochester, Kent

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Hardware Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent - 4 days on site

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum depending on experience

Our client, an established electronics manufacturing firm in Rochester, require an experienced Lead Hardware Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team specialising in aerospace electronics.

Candidates would need to have lived & worked in the UK for 5+ years and be eligible for BPSS security clearance.

What the role of the Lead Hardware Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Lead Hardware Engineer will include:

You will be providing managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team
You will be involved in work package management; cost, schedule, risk and opportunities
You will be ensuring the engineering team is supporting the production program demand
You will be providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes
You will be leading cost and performance trade-offs 

What experience you need to be the successful Lead Hardware Engineer:

You will be able to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle
You will have proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control
You will have experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and target areas of improvement , focusing on failure reduction and MDBF
It is desirable you will have experience of the Safety Critical Systems , requirements management tools, such as DOORS or work-package management tools, such as MSP, JIRA 

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Hardware Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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