Hardware Engineering Manager

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January 31, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
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Belfast, United Kingdom Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
** Mechanical Hardware Engineering Manager
** The Mechanical Hardware Engineering Manager is responsible for the completion of a set of engineering tasks in the Hardware discipline within the committed cost, schedule, performance, risk management and quality of deliveries in a multi-stakeholders and interdisciplinary environment. They rely on their technical knowledge to provide leadership to the team(s), with particular reference to deploying a structured approach to the required Mechanical & Hardware engineering activities.

They are responsible for the Mechanical hardware design, development and delivery of products & projects that comply with the engineering design process and relevant safety & environmental standards, including Ecodesign, DFMAT, REACH /ROHS etc.

The responsibilities may span across various stages of the engineering process, including addressing customer needs, mission analysis, functional and architectural design, as well as the complete hardware solution life cycle (requirements and specialty engineering, design,development, integration, and verification). You will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary internal team, including engineering delivery, systems, software and Electrical engineers to ensure the design and delivery of the Hardware Mechanical solution meets the needs of the business.

Reporting to the Mechanical Lead, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of Mechanical & Hardware Engineers to complete design tasks across any stage of the product orprogramme life cycle, and to do this within cost, schedule, performance & quality requirements,monitoring and delivering value to stakeholders.
** Key responsibilities of the role
** The role will include the following activities:
* Manage the Mechanical Hardware Development Cycle:
Define and manage the hardware development cycle, ensuring alignment with the overall project and system requirements, including dependencies and co-engineering activities. Ensure work carried out by the team is conducted in accordance with company processes and drive key mechanical design processes into team culture (DFx, DFMEA etc.).
* Mechanical Engineering Environment:
Customize the hardware engineering environment, encompassing processes, practices, and tools, to meet company and project-specific needs.
* Task Allocation:
Distribute responsibilities among individual contributors, ensuring effective task management and clear accountability. Manage the day-to-day activity of a team of engineers (plan, prioritise and allocate tasks within the team, negotiating between projects where necessary) and ensure cost & schedule adherence, resource management, milestone delivery performance.
* Architecture Definition and Interface Specification:
Working with Technical Authority’s within the team, participate in the development of the system architecture and liaise with key stakeholders to produce detailed planning to identify resource requirements and detailed tasks to be performed and delivered by the team.
* Work Package Management:
Occasionally undertake the role of Work Package Manager, which involves cross-functional responsibilities not covered in this description. Lead the…