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\n Overview\n The Aerospace Head of Function (Systems / Software) is a senior technical manager for the discipline within Expleo’s aerospace engineering environment. \n The role is accountable for technical governance, delivery assurance, and capability development, acting as the primary technical escalation point on behalf of the sector Chief Engineer. \n Operating in a high-assurance, safety-critical context, the role ensures systems or software delivery and safety is technically robust, compliant, and supported by appropriate capability, standards, and lifecycle practice. \n \n • Systems: Minimum INCOSE Lead Practitioner, with Expert capability preferred in technical authority areas.\n, • Software: Aligned to SFIA Level 6 (Initiate / Influence), reflecting function-level authority across software engineering capability, governance, and delivery.\n, • Safety. Experience of CAA, MAA procedures for civil and fast jets in leadership role.\n Responsibilities\n \n, • Provide technical authority across projects and bids, approving key technical outputs, plans, and estimates.\n, • Act as escalation point for technical risk, quality, and engineering integrity issues.\n, • Assure compliance with relevant standards, legislation, and engineering governance.\n, • Conduct and oversee technical reviews and audits in line with project quality plans.\n, • Intervene where technical risk exists, including stopping work on technical grounds.\n, • Ensure projects are resourced with appropriately SQEP engineers.\n, • Lead and develop Engineering Team Leads (ETLs) and Team Leads (TLs), ensuring strong technical input to appraisals and development planning.\n, • Drive continuous improvement in engineering practice and capability maturity.\n Qualifications\n \n, • Essential\n \n, • Degree in a relevant engineering or computing discipline.\n, • Strong lifecycle knowledge (requirements, architecture, integration, V&V, quality)\n \n, • Preferred\n \n, • Chartered Engineer (or equivalent)\n, • INCOSE CSEP (Systems); ESEP-aligned capability preferred.\n, • Lead H&S Auditor.\n \n Essential skills\n \n, • Systems (INCOSE-aligned)\n \n, • Requirements definition and management\n, • System architecture and trade studies\n, • Integration, interfaces, V&V\n, • Technical leadership and mentoring\n \n \n Software (SFIA-aligned - Level 6) \n \n • Demonstrable authority across core SFIA software skills, including:\n \n, • Architecture (ARCH)\n, • Requirements (REQM)\n, • Design (DESN)\n, • Integration & build (SINT)\n, • Testing & quality (TEST / NFTS)\n, • Configuration & change (CFMG)\n, • Lifecycle engineering (SLEN)\n \n, • At SFIA Level 6, the role sets technical direction, influences across programmes, and assures delivery through governance rather than direct execution.\n \n Safety (CAA MAA Aligned) \n \n • FTA, HAZID, HAZOP and SFMEA development\n, • Technical leadership and mentoring\n Desired skills\n \n, • Strong technical authority in systems or software engineering within complex, safety-critical environments\n, • Ability to provide independent technical challenge, governance, and decision-making across multiple programmes\n, • Deep understanding of engineering lifecycles (requirements, architecture, design, integration, verification & validation, in-service support)\n, • Proven capability in technical review, assurance, and audit of engineering outputs and plans\n, • Strong risk, quality, and compliance mindset in regulated environments\n, • Ability to set technical direction and influence delivery without direct control (matrix environment)\n, • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication, including senior client and internal leadership interaction\n, • Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with ability to develop senior technical leaders\n Experience\n \n, • Significant experience in a senior technical leadership or technical authority role (e.g. Head of Function, Chief/Lead Architect, Technical Authority)\n, • Experience working in complex, safety-critical, and regulated environments (e.g. marine, defence, aerospace, nuclear, rail)\n, • Demonstrated track record of approving engineering solutions and assuring delivery across multiple projects or programmes\n, • Experience acting as a technical escalation point for delivery, quality, and risk issues\n, • Proven experience in technical governance, including design reviews, audits, and compliance assessments\n, • Experience leading or influencing multi-disciplinary engineering teams in a matrix organisation\n, • Demonstrated ability to develop engineering capability, including mentoring senior engineers and improving SQEP coverage\n, • Experience ensuring projects are correctly resourced with appropriate technical capability\n, • Systems-specific experience\n \n, • Extensive experience applying systems engineering lifecycle processes in complex programmes\n, • Experience in system architecture definition, integration challenges, and V&V strategy\n, • Evidence of operating at INCOSE Lead Practitioner level or equivalent, with experience guiding others and resolving complex technical issues\n, • Experience contributing to or aligning with safety cases, regulatory frameworks, and assurance activities\n \n, • Software-specific experience\n \n, • Extensive experience in software engineering leadership or architecture roles\n, • Experience operating at SFIA Level 6 (Initiate / Influence) or equivalent level of responsibility, including:\n, • Setting technical direction across projects\n, • Influencing engineering decisions across teams\n, • Governing software lifecycle practice and standards\n, • Experience in safety-critical or high-assurance software development, including quality, security, and compliance considerations\n, • Experience implementing or improving software engineering processes, assurance frameworks, and tooling\n, • Strong background in architecture, integration, testing, and lifecycle governance within complex systems\n \n, • Safety Specific Experience\n \n, • Aerospace Safety\n, • Reliability Engineering\n, • Fault Diagnosis and Analysis\n, • Risk Assessment\n, • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis\n, • Human Factors in Aviation Safety\n, • Maintenance and Inspection Strategies\n, • Safety Management Systems\n, • Quality Assurance for Aerospace\n, • Regulatory Compliance and Standards\n \n, • Significant experience in senior technical leadership, technical authority, or architecture roles.\n, • Experience in safety-critical software, secure systems, or model-based engineering.\n, • Experience in complex, safety-critical, regulated environments (marine, defence, or equivalent)\n, • Experience driving continuous improvement in engineering processes, standards, and tools\n Benefits\n \n, • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges\n, • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects\n, • ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses\n, • Competitive company benefits\n, • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo\n \n \n, • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:\n \n, • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible\n, • Communicating and promoting vacancies\n, • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job\n, • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required\n, • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people\n \n \n “We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. \n We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive \n #J-18808-Ljbffr

Senior Product Engineer Mobile & Modern Workplace Salary: £70-75k 12-month fixed-term contract UK-based - Remote Working Active UK SC clearance required Please only apply if you currently hold active UK SC clearance. The Role We are looking for a Senior Product Engineer to shape and govern enterprise-scale Modern Workplace and Mobility solutions within a complex environment. This strategic, design-focused role will involve owning High-Level Designs, defining technical strategy and providing architectural assurance. You will work with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, security teams and engineers to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned with wider technology roadmaps. Key Responsibilities Create, maintain and govern enterprise High-Level Designs. Define solution architectures, service strategies and technical roadmaps. Provide architectural assurance for new services and major changes. Support Product Owners in shaping future service development. Lead technical evaluations, proof-of-concept and innovation activities. Ensure solutions meet security, compliance and operational requirements. Act as a technical authority across mobile, endpoint and Modern Workplace technologies. Engage with customers, partners and vendors to influence technical direction. Technical Experience Strong hands-on and design-level experience across: Microsoft Intune, MDM and MAM Apple Business Manager and Google Zero Touch iOS, iPadOS, Android Enterprise and macOS Mobile security, compliance and device lifecycle management Mac application packaging and vulnerability remediation Specialist and ruggedised devices, including AR/VR technologies Good working knowledge of: Windows 10/11 and Windows Autopilot Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Microsoft 365 Endpoint security and Identity and Access Management Enterprise-scale endpoint services Essential Requirements Active UK SC clearance UK-based with the right to work Experience producing and governing enterprise-level solution designs Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and security principles Experience working within large, complex organisations Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills Willingness to undertake occasional UK travel (1-2 times a quarter) JBRP1_UKTJ

Preston / North West - Hybrid (up to 3 days per week in office) We’re looking for a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer to join a large-scale technology integration programme following a major acquisition. This is a senior, hands-on role where you’ll act as the AVD SME, working across Azure infrastructure, identity, security and modern end-user computing to deliver integration and migration outcomes. • Design, build, configure and support Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments., • Manage Host Pools, Application Groups, Workspaces, Session Hosts and Scaling Plans., • Design and implement Azure infrastructure aligned to approved architecture., • Create and optimise golden images and automate image build/deployment processes., • Work with FSLogix Profiles and App Masking., • Support application packaging, virtualisation and deployment., • Configure and administer Microsoft Entra ID, PIM and Identity Governance., • Implement Zero Trust security principles and RBAC., • Develop PowerShell automation and support IaC initiatives., • Troubleshoot complex technical issues and perform root cause analysis., • Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure infrastructure., • FSLogix Profiles & App Masking., • Microsoft Entra ID, PIM and Identity Governance., • Windows Server and Windows 11 Enterprise., • Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills., • Zscaler / Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) and ZTNA., • MSIX, App-V or similar application packaging technologies., • Azure DevOps and CI/CD., • Terraform, Bicep or ARM Templates., • Microsoft Intune / Endpoint Manager., • Utilities, energy or critical national infrastructure experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr

• Essential The Aerospace Head of Function (Systems / Software) is a senior technical manager for the discipline within Expleo’s aerospace engineering environment. The role is accountable for technical governance, delivery assurance, and capability development, acting as the primary technical escalation point on behalf of the sector Chief Engineer. Operating in a high-assurance, safety-critical context, the role ensures systems or software delivery and safety is technically robust, compliant, and supported by appropriate capability, standards, and lifecycle practice. • Systems: Minimum INCOSE Lead Practitioner, with Expert capability preferred in technical authority areas., • Software: Aligned to SFIA Level 6 (Initiate / Influence), reflecting function-level authority across software engineering capability, governance, and delivery., • Safety. Experience of CAA, MAA procedures for civil and fast jets in leadership role., • Provide technical authority across projects and bids, approving key technical outputs, plans, and estimates., • Act as escalation point for technical risk, quality, and engineering integrity issues., • Assure compliance with relevant standards, legislation, and engineering governance., • Conduct and oversee technical reviews and audits in line with project quality plans., • Intervene where technical risk exists, including stopping work on technical grounds., • Ensure projects are resourced with appropriately SQEP engineers., • Lead and develop Engineering Team Leads (ETLs) and Team Leads (TLs), ensuring strong technical input to appraisals and development planning., • Drive continuous improvement in engineering practice and capability maturity., • Essential, • Degree in a relevant engineering or computing discipline., • Strong lifecycle knowledge (requirements, architecture, integration, V&V, quality), • Preferred, • Chartered Engineer (or equivalent), • INCOSE CSEP (Systems); ESEP-aligned capability preferred., • Lead H&S Auditor., • Systems (INCOSE-aligned), • Requirements definition and management, • System architecture and trade studies, • Integration, interfaces, V&V, • Technical leadership and mentoring Software (SFIA-aligned – Level 6) • Demonstrable authority across core SFIA software skills, including:, • Architecture (ARCH), • Requirements (REQM), • Design (DESN), • Integration & build (SINT), • Testing & quality (TEST / NFTS), • Configuration & change (CFMG), • Lifecycle engineering (SLEN), • At SFIA Level 6, the role sets technical direction, influences across programmes, and assures delivery through governance rather than direct execution., • FTA, HAZID, HAZOP and SFMEA development, • Technical leadership and mentoring, • Strong technical authority in systems or software engineering within complex, safety-critical environments, • Ability to provide independent technical challenge, governance, and decision-making across multiple programmes, • Deep understanding of engineering lifecycles (requirements, architecture, design, integration, verification & validation, in-service support), • Proven capability in technical review, assurance, and audit of engineering outputs and plans, • Strong risk, quality, and compliance mindset in regulated environments, • Ability to set technical direction and influence delivery without direct control (matrix environment), • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication, including senior client and internal leadership interaction, • Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with ability to develop senior technical leaders, • Significant experience in a senior technical leadership or technical authority role (e.g. Head of Function, Chief/Lead Architect, Technical Authority), • Experience working in complex, safety-critical, and regulated environments (e.g. marine, defence, aerospace, nuclear, rail), • Demonstrated track record of approving engineering solutions and assuring delivery across multiple projects or programmes, • Experience acting as a technical escalation point for delivery, quality, and risk issues, • Proven experience in technical governance, including design reviews, audits, and compliance assessments, • Experience leading or influencing multi-disciplinary engineering teams in a matrix organisation, • Demonstrated ability to develop engineering capability, including mentoring senior engineers and improving SQEP coverage, • Experience ensuring projects are correctly resourced with appropriate technical capability, • Systems-specific experience, • Extensive experience applying systems engineering lifecycle processes in complex programmes, • Experience in system architecture definition, integration challenges, and V&V strategy, • Evidence of operating at INCOSE Lead Practitioner level or equivalent, with experience guiding others and resolving complex technical issues, • Experience contributing to or aligning with safety cases, regulatory frameworks, and assurance activities, • Software-specific experience, • Extensive experience in software engineering leadership or architecture roles, • Experience operating at SFIA Level 6 (Initiate / Influence) or equivalent level of responsibility, including:, • Setting technical direction across projects, • Influencing engineering decisions across teams, • Governing software lifecycle practice and standards, • Experience in safety-critical or high-assurance software development, including quality, security, and compliance considerations, • Experience implementing or improving software engineering processes, assurance frameworks, and tooling, • Strong background in architecture, integration, testing, and lifecycle governance within complex systems, • Safety Specific Experience, • Aerospace Safety, • Reliability Engineering, • Fault Diagnosis and Analysis, • Risk Assessment, • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, • Human Factors in Aviation Safety, • Maintenance and Inspection Strategies, • Safety Management Systems, • Quality Assurance for Aerospace, • Regulatory Compliance and Standards, • Significant experience in senior technical leadership, technical authority, or architecture roles., • Experience in safety-critical software, secure systems, or model-based engineering., • Experience in complex, safety-critical, regulated environments (marine, defence, or equivalent), • Experience driving continuous improvement in engineering processes, standards, and tools, • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges, • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects, • ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses, • Competitive company benefits, • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo, • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:, • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, • Communicating and promoting vacancies, • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required, • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people “We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive #J-18808-Ljbffr