Engineering Manager

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Posted 8 Days Ago

Start Date:

Location:

Glenrothes, Fife Country:
United Kingdom Time Type:
Full time

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Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Glenrothes, Fife

Position Role Type:

Hybrid Engineering Manager
- Power & Test Equipment Glenrothes, Scotland | Hybrid Working (Minimum 3 Days On Site)
Travel to Livingston and occasional visits to Harlow Lead the teams powering the future of defence technology.

At RTX, we're tackling some of the world's most complex aerospace and defence challenges. As the world's largest aerospace and defence company, our people develop innovative technologies that help protect nations, defend freedoms, and create a safer future.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager
- Power & Test Equipment to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering function responsible for delivering world-class Power, CAS and Test Solutions. This is a senior leadership opportunity where you'll shape engineering strategy, develop high-performing teams, and influence the successful delivery of mission-critical programmes.

The Opportunity As Engineering Manager, you'll provide leadership across Systems, Electronics, Software, Mechanical Engineering and Test disciplines, ensuring programmes are delivered successfully from concept through to deployment and in-service support.

You'll work closely with Programme Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality and Commercial teams to drive technical excellence, delivery performance and engineering capability, while serving as a key member of the engineering leadership team in Scotland.

This role is about more than programme delivery. It's about building an engineering culture where people thrive, innovation flourishes, and teams consistently deliver exceptional results for our customers.

What You'll Be Doing Leadership & People Lead, inspire and develop a diverse team of engineers and technical specialists

Create a values-driven culture focused on collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement

Coach and mentor engineers, technical leads and emerging leaders

Drive recruitment, retention, succession planning and career development across the engineering function

Programme & Technical Delivery Provide engineering leadership across multiple programmes and product lines

Act as the key escalation point for technical, resource and programme challenges

Ensure the successful development, delivery and lifecycle support of Power and Test Equipment solutions

Support product transition into manufacturing and long-term sustainment

Stakeholder & Business Leadership Partner with Senior Leadership, Programme Management and Functional Leaders to align priorities and resources

Present programme status, risks, opportunities and strategic capability requirements to senior stakeholders

Build strong relationships with customers and cross-functional teams to drive successful outcomes

Contribute to engineering strategy, technology roadmaps and organisational capability planning

Operational Excellence Drive improvements in engineering processes, tools and ways of working

Manage engineering resources, budgets and investment priorities

Collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Service teams to optimise product performance and customer satisfaction

What You'll Bring Essential Experience Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering complex power, test equipment or mission-critical products

Strong track record of building high-performing teams and positive engineering cultures

Experience leading within a matrix organisation and influencing senior stakeholders

Solid understanding of systems engineering, product development life cycles and design assurance

Broad technical knowledge across:

Systems Engineering Electronics Engineering Software Engineering Mechanical Engineering Reliability Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Experience managing engineering resources across multiple concurrent programmes

Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills

Proven ability to develop, coach and mentor engineering talent

Commercial and financial awareness, including budget ownership and resource planning.

Desirable Experience Aerospace, defence, power systems, test equipment or other highly regulated industries

Knowledge of military, aerospace or industry engineering standards

Experience leading engineering transformation, organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives

Why RTX?

This is an opportunity to join a business where innovation, collaboration and purpose come together.…