Key Responsibilities
- Own the delivery and continuous improvement of digital capabilities supporting Electromagnetic Engineering.
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps, delivery plans, and prioritised backlogs.
- Support deployment and optimisation of EM digital solutions, including RCS/LO, IR signature, EMC/HIRF, lightning, antenna, radome, and materials modelling.
- Establish technical baselines, reference architectures, methodologies, and work instructions.
- Enable digital-thread connectivity across requirements, EM/IR models, simulations, materials data, test results, and assurance evidence.
- Ensure appropriate security, confidentiality, IP protection, and access controls for sensitive LO and electromagnetic engineering data.
- Lead stakeholder engagement across engineering, digital engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and programme teams.
- Coordinate delivery across internal teams, technology partners, and system integrators.
- Drive incident resolution, root-cause analysis, service improvement, and management of technical debt.
- Support technology selection, proof-of-concept activity, and vendor management.
- Drive innovation in areas such as fast RCS estimation, hybrid EM solvers, IR signature modelling, antenna/structure co-optimisation, and model calibration.
- Develop training and change-management materials to support adoption of new digital capabilities and processes.
- Manage budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and delivery performance.
Skills & Experience
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Applied Electromagnetics, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience delivering digital engineering capabilities within EM disciplines.
- Experience within the Aerospace and/or Defence industry
- Strong knowledge of EM engineering disciplines including areas such as RCS/LO, IR signature, EMC/HIRF, lightning, antenna integration, radomes, or EM materials.
- Strong understanding of Model-Based Engineering and digital thread principles.
- Proven experience managing complex technical delivery involving multiple stakeholders, partners, and suppliers.
- Strong understanding of secure data management and IP-aware collaboration.
- Demonstrable project/programme or service management experience, with APM, PRINCE2, ITIL or equivalent qualifications advantageous.
- Experience with SAFe or Agile delivery methodologies.
- Knowledge of EM modelling techniques such as MoM, FEM, FDTD, PO, and TD.
- Experience with RCS prediction, hybrid EM methods, IR/thermal modelling, antenna optimisation, or radome modelling.
- Experience managing EM technology vendors and system integrators.
- Knowledge of EMC/HIRF/lightning assurance and test practices.