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Head of Electronic Engineering

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.
Department
Engineering
Salary
£79,514 with additional recruitment retention allowance of £7,089
Job description
This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week Monday-Friday

Flexible or compressed working hours available

Opportunities to work from home (typically 1 day a week on average)

Shaping the future of hardware engineering at the heart of UK national security.

HMGCC is at the forefront of engineering innovation, delivering high-impact, technology
- driven solutions for UK national security. Through our commitment to excellence, continuous
improvement, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, we push the boundaries of what’s
possible. Technology and hardware are at the heart of what we do and we’re looking for an
inspirational leader to shape and elevate our electronics profession.

You will lead the electronics profession working to solve the most difficult problems across a
wide range of areas to support our customers to protect national security. You will oversee
the development of electronics capability across the organisation, manage technical risk,
mentor engineering talent, and ensure our electronics portfolio aligns with business goals.
You will not just be an experienced electronics principal, but you will also have the
leadership and vision to influence the long-term technical direction, standards, tools and
ways of working.

This comes at a time when we are changing to embrace more open ways of working with
industry, academia, and wider government, so you will be leading your part of that
transformation to ensure that HMGCC continues to provide the astonishing diversity of
operational technology that our most iconic national security organisations need to keep the
country safe and prosperous.

More about you

To apply for this role, you will already have:

Substantial expertise in electronic engineering. This may be demonstrated through a
Chartership or equivalent professional experience.
Significant experience in electronics/hardware design, with an excellent track record of
leading complex projects.
Proven experience in technical leadership, mentoring, and capability building.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present a clear vision to stakeholders at all
levels to drive transformational change.
It would be beneficial if you also have the following (although these are not essential):

Deep understanding of a wide variety of disciplines, e.g. analogue, digital, mixed-signal,
power electronics, PCB design, RF, FPGA and embedded systems.
Proficient in ECAD tools in an enterprise environment.
Experience defining and implementing technical standards and best practices.
Prior experience of managing and working collaboratively with external suppliers and
partners.

Your personal skills

You will be someone who:

Inspires and motivates teams to do their best in their work.
Displays behaviours that promote a collaborative working environment which supports
equality, diversity and inclusion.
Can set and maintain a clear direction with highly focussed priorities to deliver pragmatic
outcomes.
Is adept at driving a performance culture across the organisation, empowering teams to
deliver, whilst holding them accountable for outcomes.
Is skilled in problem-solving and decision-making, especially around trade-offs and risk.

Putting your skills to use

Using your diverse range of skills and reporting to the Chief Engineer, you will:

Lead and grow the electronics profession: define vision, strategy, and roadmaps for
electronics engineering within the organisation.
Provide deep technical leadership on critical electronics and multi-discipline programmes.
Mentor, coach, and develop a team of electronics engineers, enabling career progression,
skills growth and professional excellence.
Collaborate cross-functionally: work with engineering leads and other heads of professions
to identify emerging tools, techniques and technologies, evaluate their relevance, and guide
their adoption into our products.
Manage technical risk: lead design reviews, identify critical risks, and define mitigation
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