Senior Project Engineer

65000 - 75000 per annum

Peterborough, England

Permanent

Senior Project Engineer Peterborough | Permanent | Competitive Salary + Excellent BenefitsA leading engineering and technology organisation within the aviation communications sector is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join its growing Product Engineering team in Peterborough. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of advanced communication technologies that help make global air travel safer.

Working on innovative VHF, UHF and next-generation communications systems, you will lead and coordinate complex engineering development projects from concept through to product introduction, supporting customers across civil aviation, defence and critical infrastructure markets worldwide. With a long-standing reputation for technical excellence, innovation and employee development, this organisation offers an outstanding environment for ambitious engineers looking to further develop their project leadership and technical management skills while working with cutting-edge technologies.

The Role As a Senior Project Engineer, you will coordinate and organise engineering development activities across multiple projects, working closely with Project Leads, Product Architects, technical specialists and multidisciplinary engineering teams. You will play a critical role in planning, scheduling, risk management, resource coordination and project delivery, ensuring internal and outsourced development projects are successfully delivered against technical, commercial and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities Coordinate and support multiple engineering development projects simultaneously

Maintain and manage key project documentation, including Project Quality Plans, Product Release Plans and Statements of Work Work with Project Leads to define, plan and document project activities and deliverables

Identify and coordinate engineering resource requirements

Schedule and track project activities against development roadmaps and delivery commitments

Monitor project progress and ensure engineering teams maintain accurate task status updates

Identify, document and manage project risks, issues and mitigation plans

Provide accurate project reporting to engineering leadership and wider business stakeholders

Support the generation, management and traceability of project requirements

Ensure required development equipment, tools and materials are identified and available throughout the project lifecycle

Coordinate procurement of prototype hardware, PCBs, metalwork and development materials

Escalate project blockers and delivery risks in a timely manner

Organise and facilitate technical reviews, project meetings and stakeholder reviews

Manage outsourced development activities and third-party engineering partners

Ensure all internal dependencies are delivered to support external development programmes

Drive successful delivery of product roadmap activities and key project milestones

Support departmental planning, resource forecasting and continuous improvement initiatives

Maintain regular communication with Programme Management, Procurement, Operations and other internal stakeholders

What We're Looking For Applicants should ideally hold a First-Class or Upper Second-Class (2:1) degree in Engineering, Electronics, Communications, Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical discipline, alongside experience working within engineering product development environments. A strong academic background in Mathematics and Science is highly desirable.

Essential /

Desirable Experience Engineering project coordination or project management experience

Product development lifecycle knowledge from concept through manufacture and product introduction

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