Hardware Team Leader

Hardware Team Leader

Location: Rochester, England (Hybrid)

Salary: £65/hr - £100/hr

Contract

Hardware Team Leader | Up to £750 per day (Inside IR35) | 6 months rolling contract | Hybrid | Rochester

MUST BE UK CITIZEN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE

 

About

As a Hardware Team Leader, you will lead a team of highly skilled and experienced hardware engineers responsible for the design lifecycle of our electronic solutions for cutting-edge products such as HUDs. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will provide both managerial and technical leadership to ensure the successful execution of hardware development projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage an electronics design team, providing guidance and support throughout the full product development lifecycle.
• Manage work packages, including cost, schedule, risk, and opportunities, to ensure successful project execution.
• Ensure adherence to the hardware development plan and company design processes, providing technical governance.
• Make cost and performance trade-offs to optimize solutions and minimize impacts from dependencies.
• Contribute to product architectural design, perform engineering trade-offs, and define technical requirements.
• Identify opportunities for improving working practices and facilitate the skill development of the team.
• Demonstrate an understanding of product design and effectively control work packages.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle.
• Proven experience and knowledge of cost and planning management tools.
• Proven experience and knowledge of risk and opportunities management.
• Experience in both electronics design and programmable logic (PLD/FPGA) design practices.
• Ability to optimize solutions and minimize impacts from dependencies.
• Experience in product architectural design, engineering trade-offs, and defining technical requirements.
• Ability to identify improvements to working practices and facilitate team skill development.
• Understanding of product design and work package control.

Preferred Tools/Standards:

• Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise.
• Requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS).
• Work-package management tools (e.g., MSP, JIRA, etc.).
• DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware.

What makes an ideal candidate?

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter with excellent people skills, capable of leading a diverse team in a dynamic environment.
• Effective leadership, coaching, and technical guidance abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage in detailed technical discussions with internal stakeholders and customers.
• Confidence in presenting at customer and senior level reviews.
• Strong relationship management skills.
• Collaborative mindset to work effectively with other disciplines and optimize solutions.
• Experience in the development of avionics equipment, particularly high-speed digital designs, mission computing, and digital video processing products.