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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Are you looking to be part of a dynamic and growing organization whose company culture is centered on empowering its employees to make decisions?  As one of the leading manufacturers in producing high performance, high-quality RF products for use in today's modern technology world.  Teledyne Microwave is focused on hiring the best available talent!

Teledyne Microwave UK (a business unit of Teledyne Aerospace & Defence Electronics UK) provide enabling technologies for industrial growth markets. We have evolved from a company that was primarily focused on aerospace and defence, to one that serves multiple markets that require advanced technology and high reliability.

Here at Teledyne Microwave UK, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world safer, more secure and better connected. We are a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of radio frequency (RF) technology. With unrivalled RF & microwave application knowledge we have experience of creating innovative solutions for the most challenging applications.

What you’ll be involved in:

Manage and lead teams to develop and implement activities in Engineering to meet goals, quality, and cost objectives.

Creating project plans that will help the organization meet the goals required for new products or designs. Selects, develops, and leads personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the engineering function and develops schedules and manpower requirements for assigned areas. 

Prioritizes schedules based on multiple factors and customer requirements. Plans and administers procedures and budgets.  Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise to enable company & customer objectives to be achieved. 

Determines critical methods and procedures on new assignments and coordinate activities of other personnel.  Tasks and assignments tend to be complex, non-routine and/or require a greater level of expertise.  Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and process to meet goals outlined. Duties are performed under limited supervision, with a direct report into the Head of Engineering or Site Director.

Areas responsible for:

Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures and policies by providing leadership to the Engineering teams or other group of employees as required, assigning tasks and checking work at frequent intervals to ensure engineering & production goals are met within organization goals of budget, time requirements and high level of quality. 

Manage engineering resources to ensure all present and future products and services are of high quality.

Leading professional staff and may supervise semi-skilled employees which include some or all of the following: assemblers, technicians, operators and admin support, providing guidance to employees according to established policies and management guidance.

Ensure that departments within the organization reach goals within budget and a high level of quality.

Interacts with functional peer groups regarding exchange or presentation of information.

Determines work schedules and overtime (if applicable) and allocation of resources and equipment. Resolves problems as they occur.

Pursues new ways to improve the efficiency of engineering development/production.  Develops, plans, and administers procedures.  Recommends changes to leadership groups.  Coordinates, develops, and implements standard operating procedures for functional area.

Liaise with department supervisors or leads to determine status of assigned projects.

Prepares reports for chief engineer, site director and HR as required.

Identifies obstacles to achieving business goals and provides solutions or ideas of discussion

Works to avoid erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results that may cause scrap, rework, use of excessive overtime, and/or delays in schedules.

Prepares and presents budgetary recommendations for equipment, product or team development

Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors, outside customers, and functional peer groups at various management levels.

What we're looking for in you:

To perform this job successfully, you must have previous experience in leading and managing a team of diverse engineers in highly technical areas, ideally within the RF/Electronic product design engineering and manufacture.

Experience of working within a systems engineering mindset approach from a product development setting would be of interest, as would experience of working within defence product areas.

Degree/MSc/PhD in Engineering or related fields, ideally within the Electronics arena.

Working knowledge oof Lean Manufacturing would be an advantage

Experience of formal product development and delivery processes withing Engineering manufacturing areas, such as NPI

We offer a range of benefits that include:

Salary sacrifice-led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 6%

Employee Assistance Programme

Salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle car scheme

Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary

Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year

Comprehensive wellbeing programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental wellbeing

Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers

Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform

Cycle to Work scheme

Enhanced family-friendly benefits

Company sick pay

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity

Local discounts and offers (e.g. gym

At Teledyne, we believe that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mean Opportunity – the opportunity to cherish and celebrate the value of diversity, to bring our full and authentic selves to work and to feel fully involved and respected – and we are committed to this journey. Occupational health and safety and environmental sustainability are also an integral part of our business strategy, and we believe in implementing environmental, health and safety improvements to continually enhance the working environment for staff, visitors and contractors.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

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