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Head of Data Engineering Our long-standing financial services client is seeking a Head of Data Engineering to lead a high-performing team responsible for delivering a complex data transformation. Looking for a true greenfield challenge? This is your chance to shape a transformation from the ground up, build cutting-edge data solutions, and lead a high-performing team that’s driving change across the business. To succeed in this role, you’ll bring hands-on experience owning and delivering Azure-based data platforms (Databricks, Synapse), alongside strong technical capability in designing and implementing data ingestion pipelines (ETL/ELT) and introducing event-driven architectures (Kafka) to support scalable, real-time solutions. Our client offers a competitive salary of £120,000–£140,000, plus 40% bonus, 40% LTIP, £7.5k car allowance, and a comprehensive benefits package. The role is hybrid, based in Wolverhampton or Chatham. Key Responsibilities • Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing Data Engineering team, setting the vision, priorities, and best practices., • Oversee the design, build, and optimisation of data ingestion, processing, and storage pipelines., • Embed strong governance, documentation, and lifecycle management standards across the function., • Partner with IT, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable cloud configurations., • Champion innovation, exploring new tools, technologies, and approaches to enhance capability and efficiency. Core Requirements • Proven leadership experience managing a Data Engineering function of ~40 engineers (SQL and Azure)., • Recent, hands-on experience implementing event-driven architecture using Kafka (essential)., • Extensive background in regulated industries (finance or banking preferred)., • Strong experience in large-scale data engineering projects, designing and developing ETL pipelines and leading cloud migration initiatives., • Expertise in data migration from SQL Server to Azure Cloud Services.

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's 'World's best companies 2024' ranking. Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets. What does the role look like? We are actively seeking a Senior Systems & Performance Engineer to join our Wolverhampton-based team, contributing expertise to military and civil actuation projects. This individual will play a key role in an integrated product team, leveraging their experience to autonomously plan and execute Systems & Performance Engineering work packages. Collaboration with the Principal Systems/Performance Engineer will enhance project delivery as needed. Responsibilities include developing technical specifications and solutions for intricate actuation systems, involving requirements capture, architecture development, trade studies, requirements validation, design performance analysis, modeling, verification, and integration. What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like? *Understanding, interpreting, and clarifying customer and stakeholder requirements. *Establishing system architecture and developing interface definitions. *Managing requirements and creating specifications for internal and external suppliers. *Utilizing computer modelling and simulation for actuation systems, encompassing hydro-mechanical and electro-mechanical systems. *Supporting product design and development through static and dynamic analysis, including sizing, sensitivity, and robustness analysis, as well as control law development. *Conducting trade-off analysis to identify optimized solutions. *Producing project deliverables, such as Performance Analysis reports, Requirements Management Plans, System Description Documents, Verification Summaries, and Compliance Reports. *Generating and tracking progress on requirements validation, traceability, and verification matrices/summaries. *Analysing customer requirements for compliance. *Identifying and addressing technical risks and implementing risk mitigation throughout the program's lifecycle. *Contributing to the development of standard work and best practices within the function. What will you bring to the role? Essential skills: Minimum 5 years of aerospace (or similar) industry experience Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering activities and the development of computer simulations for complex hydraulic, mechanical, and/or electrical systems. Demonstrates unwavering personal integrity, operates independently with composure under pressure, and employs a logical approach to technical problem resolution and decision-making. Desirable skills : Showcasing proficiency in analytical methods, problem-solving, Systems Thinking, System Lifecycles, System Modelling and Analysis, Requirements Definition, and System Architecting. Knowledgeable in hydro-mechanical and/or electro-mechanical systems, including control and monitoring. Proven experience in system integration, model verification, and conducting intricate failure investigations. Training provided for daily applications, with a preference for prior experience in IBM Rational DOORS 9.X for Familiarity with Mathworks Matlab and Simulink software packages. Experience in applying requirements management software to projects. TPBN1_UKTJ