Payload Systems Project Lead

A major contract win has created the need for a senior engineering leader to take ownership of a brand-new programme within one of the space sector's most exciting businesses.

This is not a role where you inherit a mature project and simply keep things moving. You will be stepping into a high-profile programme at the beginning of its journey, leading the systems team and helping shape the technical direction, delivery strategy and overall success of the project.

You will be the person bringing everything together. One day you could be working through complex RF and communications challenges, the next leading key design reviews, managing technical risk, or ensuring multiple engineering disciplines remain aligned towards a common objective.

As the technical lead for the programme, you will guide system architecture decisions, oversee requirements development, drive trade studies and support critical customer interactions. You will ...