Aerospace Engineering Manager

As an Aerospace Engineering Manager, you will report to the Head of Engineering. You'll have direct responsibility for both managing the Aerospace Engineering team, as well as providing technical expertise to our cutting-edge new product development (NPI) field including the Banshee NG (Next Generation).

Day-to-day you will:

• Lead, plan, and direct a team of highly professional engineers, working in a design / development and analysis technical environment.


• Provide technical leadership to projects, ensuring successful integration of inputs from subject matter experts within the Aerospace Engineering domain and work closely with Programme / Project Managers / engineers, and other business functions, in the delivery of technical solutions, on time, within set budget milestones, and to required quality expectations.


• Line manage the Aerospace Engineering team, including the creation of personal development plans, and recruiting into the team, when required.


• Review and approve technical documentation, including design reports, drawings, flight test plans, and other product / project technical documentation.


• Ensure that Engineering activities are delivered in line with company procedures, and assist in the development of improved processes to facilitate the success of future development projects.


• Provide technical support and advice to customers and internal stakeholders, including the Field Services team.


• Develop and mentor junior employees, to facilitate future growth of the business.


• Provide support to flight trials / customer flight tests, with estimated 10% travel overseas.


This role is full time, 37-hours per week, based at our Ashford site, with hybrid working options.

Essential experience of the Aerospace Engineering Manager


• Experience of managing complex engineering projects through full life cycle, from initial proposal, up to production release.


• Possess high level technical understanding of the some of following disciplines: Aerodynamics, Aerostructures, Aeroelasticity, Flight Dynamics, Composite Materials development, alongside broad aerospace engineering knowledge,


• Have experience of working with Project Managers, ensuring projects are kept 'on track' and within project parameters (cost, time, scope, resources, etc.),


• Possess a strong understanding of other engineering disciplines, to enable effective systems integration, preferably having previously been part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team,


• Have strong leadership and organisational skills, with previous proven line management experience,


• Have had exposure to managing customer expectations / requirements, and presenting engineering solutions, You will have a degree in Aerospace / Aeronautical engineering, and extensive relevant engineering experience, ideally in an Aircraft, Unmanned Aerial System or Missile design environment, at a platform level.
  
  Be part of the QinetiQ journey. We are currently recruiting an Aerospace Engineering Manager to join QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) within our Engineering Team. QTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group PLC, specialising in the design and manufacture of a range of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial and Surface Target systems, including the world-leading Banshee target.


QTS targets are used to enable realistic weapons test and evaluation and operator training in over 40 countries worldwide, with QTS providing a complete managed service in over 15 of these countries.


• Adaptive and flexible working


• Generous holiday allowance


• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Enhanced maternity / paternity pay


• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days' additional leave


• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant


• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community


Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.