Head of Sub-Systems - Sea Ceptor

Lead the development and delivery into service for the Sea Ceptor maritime platform equipment. Salary: up to £71,000, depending on experience. The role is hybrid, requiring 3-4 days per week on site for workload classification. Security clearance is required: British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship, with HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS) to be completed after offer.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: up to 30% of salary
• Car Allowance: £300 per month cash allowance
• Pension: up to 14% total (employer + employee) contribution
• Flexible working options: 3-4 days per week on site as required
• Enhanced parental leave: up to 26weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, with additional enhancements for paternity, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: subsidised meals, free car parking and more
• Private Medical Insurance: company funded benefit

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and delivery into service of major platform subsystem equipment, including Command and Control, System Control Equipment, Launch Management System, Platform Datalink, Maintainer Local Terminal and related hardware/software.
• Accountable for delivery of subsystem Certificates of Design; direct Design Authorities to ensure on time, on cost, high quality delivery.
• Lead subsystem Design Authorities and create an environment for them to deliver on time and cost across multiple concurrent development programmes.
• Manage mid life update and obsolescence programmes and support in service product queries.
• Own all Subsystem Safety activities and clarify cohesion across subsystems feeding into deliverables.
• Provide guidance and oversight for new business bids for the subsystems task group.
• Ensure Sea Ceptor programme needs are met by subsystem product lines that deliver common components for Sea Ceptor and other air defence programmes.
• Collaborate with counterparts in Sea Viper and Land Ceptor to maintain product evolution plans and drive convergence for cost and time efficiencies.

Qualifications:

• Experience delivering complex work packages, managing risk and opportunity.
• Ability to build strong relationships with cross functional teams and demonstrate collaborative leadership.
• Strategic thinking to manage evolution across multiple contracts and influence subsystem product lines.
• Excellent engineering stakeholder management - systems design, electronics engineering, software engineering and test equipment.
• Experience in development, certification and safety of systems with complex interfaces and functionalities (software and/or electronics).
• Strong communication skills and leadership experience.
• Security clearance: British Citizen or Dual UK national; BPSS completion required.