Engineering Design Authority
Harris Geospatial Solutions
Location
Fareham, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title – Engineering Design Authority
Job Location – Portchester, UK
Job ID – 9503
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.
L3Harris in Portchester are a market leader in the development, build and integration of systems for a wide range of unmanned marine vehicles with military and commercial applications.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Flexi Time Working Policy – Up to 2 days off per month
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Lead the team and act as a technical focal point for both internal and external (customer and suppliers) leadership teams.
- Act as Design Authority for a major customer project; manage all engineering activities for a large customer project including design activities
- Oversight into technical issues, process and governance
- Interface with senior stakeholders (internal and external)
- Accountable for the delivery of key user requirements and cardinal point specifications are managed
- Accountable for the delivery of 3rd party accreditation / certification process
- Liaison with sub-contracts, Project Managers and technical managers (internal and external)
- Contribution and management of business improvement activities
- Acting as the senior technical point of contact for the customer
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Minimum of 10 years of prior related experience working on complex engineering projects
- Extensive experience delivering multi-disciplined projects comprising the following: electrical, mechanical, software, and specialist engineering analysis (support, security, systems).
- Understand the specialist needs of each engineering discipline and be able to advise strategically on the engineering requirements to deliver the project technically.
- Able to understand technical detail and a low level of fidelity in technical decision making
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.
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