Project Engineer

Project Engineer

+12 months +

+Hybrid Reading

+SC / DV cleared

+Inside IR35

+£70 - £78 ph

+Sole British national only - due to nature of the project

We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer - Digital Engineering / Software Engineering to support the technical delivery of Software Factory projects and initiatives within a sensitive Defence and aerospace environment.

This role will act as the key technical interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management, coordinating project activities, managing technical risks and dependencies, and ensuring delivery against agreed scope, timescales and quality standards.

Candidates must have demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas:

Aerospace Software Engineering: Experience within aerospace, aircraft systems, avionics, mission systems or flight-related software, with knowledge of software development lifecycles and engineering processes.

Defence Platform Engineering: Experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, OpenShift, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps or DevSecOps within Defence, MOD or secure environments.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate technical activities across engineering teams and stakeholders.

Monitor project delivery, managing risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.

Support project planning, technical roadmaps, effort estimation and resource allocation.

Provide technical leadership and first-line technical decision-making.

Act as the primary escalation point for engineering issues.

Manage technical interfaces with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Track progress against milestones, scope, schedule and quality requirements.

Support project reporting, forecasting and performance monitoring.

Ensure compliance with engineering governance, processes and standards.

Facilitate technical reviews and milestone assessments.

Support configuration management, change control and workload prioritisation.

Communicate delivery status, risks and mitigation plans to stakeholders.

Essential Skills and Experience

8+ years' experience delivering software, systems or platform engineering projects.

A demonstrable background in aerospace software engineering or Defence platform engineering.

Understanding of software engineering principles, systems development and software delivery environments.

Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Experience in technical leadership, stakeholder management and risk and issue management.

Strong communication, organisation and project planning skills.

Experience working within complex engineering or secure delivery environments.

Active SC security clearance.

Desirable Experience

Experience within aerospace, Defence, automotive or other regulated industries.

Familiarity with Model-Based Development environments.

Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Microsoft Azure DevOps certification.

If you'd like to discuss this Project Engineer role in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch