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Engineering Project Manager (field based)


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  • LMO
  • Reading
  • 2 days ago

Engineering Manager LMO is a company based in the UK and Luxembourg, developing Propulsion Systems, Rendezvous & Proximity Operations Payloads and Space Domain Awareness Payloads for Dual-Use applications. LMO is involved in the design, development, verification, build, test, and operation of its space-borne subsystems and collaborates with major research and industrial players in the fields of propulsion, GNC and Computer Vision technologies. LMO UK is currently developing key propulsion technologies and subsystems to offer flexible and smart solutions for the complex future in-orbit servicing market. We work with major industrial partners and on challenging new projects. Programmes at LMO cover a range of applications across a range of technology readiness levels - from mission studies, new technology prototyping (TRL2-4), all the way up to development and qualification of full systems for space. The ideal Engineering Manager candidate shall be a professional with an engineering or science background and with experience in relevant engineering areas such as Systems Engineering, Product Assurance or Mechanisms. They will be expected to both take responsibility for the management of the engineering team as required across projects, and at the same time support existing projects technically as part of the team. The Engineering Manager will be mainly responsible for coordinating the engineering resources and helping to define additional resources required for successful delivery of projects. They will work with the Programme Manager to define project teams and identify resource constraints, impact on project schedules and reporting. The Engineering Manager will be the line manager for a team of engineers. As part of these responsibilities, they will help coordinate personnel career development and ensure opportunities are available to mature the teams capabilities as a whole. There will also be an annual departmental budget to manage which will cover aspects such as training and development. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for the Design, Development & System Engineering Processes for all the product lines and development/qualification activities. This will include helping to define and formalise these processes by which the engineering team will adhere to. The Engineering Manager will also support Bids & Proposals which will include providing technical inputs and forecasting resources to ensure that the correct resources are in place if the contract is won. Understanding of project lifecycles, management of schedule and resources ● Experience in managing work packages (including technical coordination of engineering team), budgets and reporting progress to project management ● Ability to report progress and risks ● General technical knowledge of engineering projects ● Implementation of processes ● Ability to work autonomously and as part of a larger multi-disciplinary engineering team ● o Systems Engineering For this role the base salary expectation, depending on experience, is between 60,000 GBP and 80,000 GBP per annum for a 40-hour work week. This includes 25 days annual leave.  LMO provides a pension scheme where it matches pension contribution up to 5% of the gross salary.

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