Our client is a major defence and aerospace company.

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.
Date Posted:
2026-09-21
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Glenrothes, Fife
Position Role Type:
Hybrid
Position: Engineering Manager - Power & Test Equipment
Location: Glenrothes (Travel to Livingston and occasional Harlow)
Working Type: Hybrid (3 Days on Site Minimum)
At its parent company, the world's largest aerospace and defence company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Our client brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defence.
Overview

As Engineering Manager for Power & Test Equipment, you will lead a multi-disciplinary engineering function responsible for the development, delivery, and lifecycle support of industry-leading Power, CAS and Test Solutions.
You will provide leadership across Projects, Systems, Electronics, Software, Mechanical Engineering and Test disciplines, ensuring the successful execution of engineering programmes from concept through deployment and in-service support.
Working closely with Programme Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Commercial teams, you will drive technical excellence, delivery performance, and engineering capability.
A key member of the engineering leadership team in Scotland, you will regularly engage with and report to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Head of Engineering, providing clear visibility of programme status, risks, opportunities, resource requirements, and strategic capability needs.

Success in this role depends on your ability to build, maintain and develop trusted relationships across the business and with our customers. Strong relationship management will be essential in understanding stakeholder needs, fostering collaboration, managing expectations, and creating alignment across diverse priorities. Working across Mission teams, functional leadership, programmes and external stakeholders, you will use professional influence, credibility and effective communication to strengthen partnerships, resolve challenges, and drive successful outcomes. As a senior leader, you will role model the behaviours and values expected of our engineering community, setting the standard for collaboration, accountability, customer focus, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement.

Most importantly, you will build and lead a high-performing engineering culture founded on our company values, fostering cross-functional collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, innovation and professional growth.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, develop and inspire a team of engineers and technical specialists across Power and Test Equipment product lines.
Create an engaging, values-driven culture that promotes teamwork, ownership, inclusion, customer focus and engineering excellence.
Provide clear leadership and direction, ensuring teams remain focused on safety, quality, delivery and business objectives.
Act as the primary escalation point for technical, resource and programme challenges, driving timely and effective resolution.
Represent Engineering at Senior Leadership Team reviews, providing concise reporting on programme health, risks, opportunities, resource demand and strategic priorities.
Lead recruitment, retention, performance management and career development activities across the engineering team.
Mentor and coach engineers, technical leads and emerging leaders, creating clear development pathways and supporting professional growth.
Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools and ways of working, improving efficiency, quality and predictability of delivery.
Support the transition of products into manufacturing and ensure effective engineering support throughout the product lifecycle.
Work collaboratively with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Service teams to optimise product performance, manufacturability and customer satisfaction.
Contribute to engineering strategy, technology roadmaps and long-term organisational capability planning.
Manage engineering budgets, resource allocation and investment priorities to maximise business value.

Skills & Experience
Proven experience leading engineering teams in the development and delivery of complex power, test, or mission-critical engineered products.
Demonstrable success in building high-performing teams and creating a positive engineering culture aligned to organisational values.
Experience operating as a leader within a matrix organisation, influencing stakeholders across multiple functions.
Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, product development lifecycles and design assurance processes.
Broad technical knowledge spanning Systems, Electronics, Software, Mechanical, Reliability and Manufacturing Engineering disciplines.
Experience managing engineering resources across multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
Strong leadership, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels including Senior Leadership Team and Executive stakeholders.
Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop engineers, technical specialists and future leaders.
Financial awareness and experience managing engineering budgets, forecasts and investment decisions.

Desirable
Experience within defence, aerospace, power systems, test equipment or other highly regulated industries
Knowledge of military, aerospace or industry-specific engineering standards
Experience leading organisational change and engineering transformation initiatives.

What we offer:
25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
6 times salary ‘Life Assurance' with pension.
Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
Enhanced sick pay.
Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture
37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements
Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role
A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year

For this role the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and successfully complete a baseline (BPSS) security and background check.
Its parent company
Our client is a landed company and part of the wider its parent company organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, its parent company provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – an aircraft systems business, an aircraft engines business, and our client.
Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, its parent company is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We're investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.
Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
This position is classified as:
Hybrid : Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.
Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee's personal responsibility.
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