DASS Qualification, Certification & Verification Team Leader

Job Description

Job Title: Qualification, Certification & Verification Team Leader

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54793 + Depending on skills and experience 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Managing a team of engineers responsible for discharging qualification, certification (safety) and verification activities, including:       Generating qualification requirements – rig and flight test instructions and clearance advice, Performing safety analyses and generating safety documentation, Management of system problem assessments and investigations, & Support to aircraft configuration and verification activity
• Support the generation of clearance and safety documentation, ensuring quality and process adherence and providing engineering oversight
• Act as lead customer interface focal point for qualification and safety
• Interface into BAE and non-BAE EDR teams for clearance and problem investigations
• Support DASS SDR in responding to emergent technical issues and in management/reporting of overall team performance as part of DASS SDR leadership team
• Ensure the team remain current with Eurofighter QCV process and represent the DASS SDR in BAE/EF qualification forums
• Support team development and perform team PDRs

Your skills and experiences: 

  Essential:

• A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent with relevant experience gained on an aircraft engineering project or related field, and experience of people management
• The ability to develop and present a range of complex data to a variety of stakeholders
• The ability to manage tasks across multiple contracts, balancing priorities and workload across a team
• The ability to identify and pro-actively resolve issues impacting Programmes, escalating any issues for resolution by exception
• A good understanding of the ‘V’ lifecycle and its application to the production of qualification requirements and aircraft certification and clearances
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems guided by policies, procedures and business plan
• Defence experience

Desirable:

• Experience in liaising and managing customer and supplier relationships

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The DASS Team:

The DASS Team is a high-performing engineering group responsible for the Typhoon Defensive Aids Sub-System (DASS), playing a critical role in ensuring the aircraft’s survivability and operational effectiveness. Our team works at the forefront of qualification, certification, and verification, collaborating closely with subject matter experts to maintain the highest standards of airworthiness and safety.

As part of this team, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with key stakeholders, including the wider DASS team, Airworthiness, Qualification & Certification, and the Technical Authority for DASS. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and technically challenging environment, where engineers can develop their expertise in Typhoon avionics and defensive systems while making a meaningful impact on aircraft capability.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks

Closing Date: 21st April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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