Head of Engineering Services - Aerospace Software, York UK (hybrid)

What will you love about leading our services teams 

Rapita Systems is seeking a proactive leader with passion for project management and strategic problem solving to take the role of Head of Engineering Services, leading the delivery of complex technical software projects to aerospace customers around the world.  

If you enjoy team leadership, working with people, project management and strategic business planning, then this role is for you. This is an opportunity for you to lead the growth of software engineering services with the Rapita group by delivering customer satisfaction in advanced and complex software services projects.  

What you will be doing

Your main responsibility is to own and implement the software engineering services strategy, with the objective to grow and deliver high quality software services to customers in the aerospace and high-integrity systems software industries. You will lead the delivery of various software services based on our leading software verification tooling, multicore timing and safety analysis solutions as well as software V&V and other related services.  

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and implement the software services strategy to deliver expert, high quality software services.
• Improve the way we work, including process improvement, quality management and efficiency.
• Coordinate and mentor expert engineers across the organization. 

Project Management:

• Lead key technical projects with hands-on project management.
• Manage resources and scheduling across multiple projects. 

Client Engagement and Business Growth:

• Build strong client relationships to understand and meet expectations.
• Plan and quote software services projects, working with the sales team to bring new projects and grow business.  

What would make you great at this role?

• Proven experience in project managing software projects.
• Strong grasp of project management methodologies.
• Technical background in software engineering or related field that helps you to understand the technical customer needs and how we can deliver excellence.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills, ability to collaborate with software engineers and managers at all levels.
• Effective multitasking abilities, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously. 

You’ll also benefit if you have:

• Experience of aerospace or high integrity software, for example DO-178C, ISO 26262
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.