Jobs in Filton, gb

Hours : 37 hours per weekDo you want to join a business, who value inclusivity, a three-time gold investor in people award winner, an advocate of supporting women in engineering and developing their people to be the best they can be?We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Functional Integration and Proving to join an ambitious, highly regarded, scientific engineering / manufacturing business that are in a position of sustained growth.As the Head of Functional Integration & Proving you will be required to lead a team of engineers to develop, refine and implement the System Proving Strategy. You will be responsible for ensuring the equipment is tested to a level suitable for release to the customer whilst balancing their need for an urgent “minimum deployable capability.” Strong linkages with internal and external subsystem Design Authorities and the manufacturing team will be required to ensure a suitable holistic proving approach is adopted that balances schedule, cost, and risk.Additionally, as Head of Functional Integration & Proving you will be responsible for maintaining and preparing the current generation of experimental software for ongoing data gathering trails that will be used to inform the future equipment design.You will be joining a team that is passionate about delivering cutting edge technology into our customers’ hands and regularly pull together to overcome the technical challenges we encounter. The ongoing live firing trials activities will require a significant level of support across the team therefore there will be opportunities to participate in these groundbreaking events.Benefits of working here :

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged
• Light and airy university type campus
• Friendly environment!
• Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and MoreSkills Required :
• Experience of defining and delivering complex system proving activities (Ideally within the Navy domain)
• Production of strategy, top level planning and schedule documentation
• Functional chain based proving techniques
• Team leadership and management experience
• Coordination of multi-organisational integration activities
• Management of technical and schedule risks
• Experience of LASER systems is highly desirable but not essentialYou will need to obtain UK Security Clearance for this role. This will require to either be a UK Citizen or UK Dual Citizen. Some restrictions may apply.Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitment