Programme Lead Engineer

Boost your career at the absolute frontier of aerospace technology by joining our TEMPEST team, helping to deliver the UK’s 6th generation fighter aircraft. As an engineer on this critical multi-national project, you will actively design, build, and integrate the next generation of combat air capability. You will collaborate with industry-leading minds to pioneer breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, digital model based engineering, and truly next-generation computing. This is a rare opportunity to see your innovations directly shape the future of global defence, work with cutting-edge technologies, and fast-track your professional development on one of the most ambitious engineering ventures of the century. In this role you will: - Be responsible for the successful delivery of the engineering scope of work to the agreed budget and schedule for one or more cutting edge projects - Lead a talented multi-disciplinary engineering team to delivery industry leading solutions - Define and develop solutions to emerging customer needs - Work with world-leading engineers across industry, government and academia - Contribute to sovereign UK defence capability and international collaboration To be successful in these roles we are looking for you to bring: - Previous experience either as a Project Lead Engineer or a Domain Lead Engineer (e.g. Systems, Hardware, Software) - A good understanding of the multi-disciplines involved in delivering projects - A good understanding of the challenges associated with Avionic System Engineering such as operating environment - Professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng or equivalent) is desirable, but not essential. We actively support employees in attaining CEng status - Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred