Our client is seeking a Hardware Team Leader to join its defence and aerospace engineering team in Kent on a permanent basis. The role involves providing technical and managerial leadership to an electronics design team supporting safety-critical products, including helmet-mounted and head-up displays, mission computers, flight controls and active inceptors. Key Responsibilities: Providing managerial and technical leadership to a team of hardware and electronics engineers Managing work packages, costs, schedules, risks and opportunities throughout the product lifecycle Working closely with production teams to ensure engineering activities support programme demand Providing technical governance and ensuring compliance with company processes and relevant standards Leading cost and performance trade-offs while driving continuous improvement Reporting task status, technical maturity and delivery risks to project management Reviewing resource requirements with functional management and supporting effective team planning Coaching team members and helping to develop technical capability and working practices Job Requirements: Significant experience leading and managing engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle Strong knowledge of electronics design and hardware engineering within a safety-critical environment Experience managing costs, schedules, dependencies, risks and work packages Understanding of risk and compliance requirements within the defence, ..... full job details .....