Project Lead Engineers

General Dynamics UK Limited
Hastings
1 week ago
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Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description

As aProject Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring a through life perspective is taken in the development and management of the Systems, Equipment, People and Process. From eliciting the latest requirements from our customers to overcoming engineering challenges and applying focus to maintain and improve system performance and delivery.

You will be responsible for the delivery of the Engineering Scope of work on one or more of our portfolio of avionic development projects. You will be responsible for meeting project requirements within cost and schedule constraints through detailed planning and monitoring the execution of the programme.

Day to day, you will provide direction, guidance and support to the development team ensuring that they have an understanding of the programme. You will be the primary engineering point of contact for the customer, sub-contractors and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

To be successful in these roles we are looking for you to bring:

  1. Previous experience either as a Project Lead Engineer or a Domain Lead Engineer (e.g. Systems, Hardware, Software).
  2. A good understanding of the multi-disciplines involved in delivering projects.
  3. A good understanding of the challenges associated with Avionic System Engineering such as operating environment.
  4. Professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng or equivalent) is desirable, but not essential. We actively support employees in attaining CEng status.


Additional Information

Starting salary for these positions is ideally between £51,000 and £65,000 plus our excellent flexible benefits.

This is a hybrid working position with time spent working in our offices in Hastings (ideally 3 days, however we are open to flexibility) and from home.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualifying UK based applicants to move closer to our site.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

  1. A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
  2. A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
  3. A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits.


We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company - learn more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity.

We are a Disability Confident Employer; as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Please email [email protected] if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics, please refer to the provided resources.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to Work checks.#J-18808-Ljbffr

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