Hardware Engineering Manager Electronics

Hardware Engineering Manager (Electronics)

Based in Glasgow; Hybrid working.

We can offer a hybrid approach to office and remote working. We would expect 3 days per week as the standard days in Glasgow site.

Are you looking for a new challenge Would you like an opportunity to develop your leadership skills in a close-knit dynamic team environment Thales OME designs a range of state-of-the-art solutions for some of the most technically advanced defence and security platforms in the world and were seeking an experienced electronics engineer who can apply their knowledge and skills in an engineering leadership role. We have built up a team passionate about developing products for a safer world and we are now looking for like-minded engineers to join us.

Our Opportunity

The Hardware Engineering Manager is a vital team member responsible for the execution of a comprehensive set of engineering tasks ensuring adherence to cost schedule performance and quality commitments. Youll be responsible for the design and development of products that comply with regulatory safety and environmental standards including EMC standards RoHS Reach WEEE and relevant Safety Directives.

The responsibilities may span across various stages of the engineering process including addressing customer needs mission analysis functional and architectural design as well as the complete hardware solution life cycle (requirements and specialty engineering design development integration and verification). You will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary internal team including engineering delivery systems software and mechanical engineers to ensure the design and delivery of the electronics meets the needs of the business.

You will be responsible for leading and managing a team of electronics engineers to complete design tasks across any stage of the product or programme life cycle and to do this within cost schedule performance & quality requirements.

The Hardware Engineering Manager operates within the constraints and guidelines established by the Engineering delivery manager solution architects and design authorities.

Key responsibilities of the role

The role will include the following activities:

• Hardware Development Cycle: Define and manage the hardware development cycle ensuring alignment with the overall project and system requirements including dependencies and co-engineering activities. Ensure work carried out by the team is conducted in accordance with company processes

• Engineering Environment: Customize the hardware engineering environment encompassing processes practices and tools to meet company and project-specific needs.

• Task Allocation: Distribute responsibilities among individual contributors ensuring effective task management and clear accountability. Manage the day-to-day activity of a team of engineers (plan prioritise and allocate tasks within the team negotiating between projects where necessary)

• Architecture Definition and Interface Specification: Participate in the development of the system architecture and the allocation of functions to the respective hardware components. Generate electronics specifications architectures and development or verification plans. Collaborate in defining the functions and interfaces of the hardware products to be developed.

• Work Package Management: Occasionally undertake the role of Work Package Manager which involves cross-functional responsibilities not covered in this description. Lead the generation of bids and estimates and provide consultancy on electronic solutions

• Technical Direction: Provide technical direction to the team to ensure that technical challenges/risks are being managed and mitigated. Lead or participate in fault-finding activities technical investigations reviews and improvement projects

• Collaboration: Engage with a multi-disciplinary team across the project (systems mechanical software safety etc) to develop an optimum solution

• Team development: Contribute to the development of the wider Electronics team eg. developing junior members of staff proposing and implementing improvements and reviewing the work of peers. Deliver high quality value-adding development discussions with members of the team.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronics Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• Proven experience in hardware development and engineering management.

• Strong understanding of hardware life cycle processes from requirements gathering to verification and validation.

• Excellent leadership and team management skills.

• Ability to tailor engineering environments to specific project needs ensuring efficient and effective outcomes.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Demonstrated responsibility for driving innovative technical solutions through the design lifecycle with a proven record of delivering to cost schedule and quality

• Experience in electronics circuit design using schematic capture packages (Cadence Mentor Graphics or similar)

• Experience in the entire product lifecycle from bid/concept through to system integration/qualification and support

• Comfortable challenging the norm and directing or influencing electronics design approaches and processes

• Proven experience in advising supporting and auditing activities of multiple projects and resources simultaneously

• Experience in selecting innovative technologies tools and methods and ensuring they hold traction within the team

• Contribution to defining policies and guidelines for your business unit or department

Desirable Attributes:

• Product knowledge of lasers and cameras an advantage

• Passion for continuous learning and staying updated with advancements in electronics engineering.

• Knowledge of the Chorus 2.0 Design Develop and Qualify the Solution (Hardware) Process Lifecycle or equivalent ISO9001 compliant engineering management system.

• Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering related discipline e.g. BEng(Hons) Electronics

What We Can Offer

Were committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people and to achieve this we offer market leading training development and experiences along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority so youll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse global organization.

Flexibility

The position will be based at the Thales site in Glasgow. While a significant proportion of the role may be carried out from home attendance on site will be necessary for test integration and other lab-based work.

Your health and well-being matters to us and thats why we offer you the flexibility to do whats important to you; whether thats part time hours job sharing home working or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

If you are interested in this role we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held however if not currently held it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo achieve and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 some circumstances a minimum of 3 years residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted with additional overseas checks.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - ()

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In line with Thales Baseline Security requirements candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

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