Principal Engineer - Defence and Emerging Opportunities

This role will require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Check (BPSS) and this will include undertaking a basic DBS check. This will need to be completed before any work can commence.

Due to the nature of the activities within this role, individuals from ITAR restricted countries cannot be considered.

This role will work with the WMG CTO and the WMG senior leadership team to develop and lead the execution and implementation of plans that respond to future industrial need. The postholder will work across WMG and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult to define the plan and strategic investment in emerging Defence and National Security opportunities.

The candidate should have a track record in developing strategic capability value cases and be able to elicit ambiguous requirements and distil and clearly communicate these. They should have significant experience in high value manufacturing industry, ideally related to defence.

The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is the largest department at the University of Warwick, with over 800 staff and nearly 3,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in management, technology, and applied engineering. WMG is globally recognised for world-class research, innovative industry partnerships, and teaching excellence.

Benefits include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, savings on a wide range of products and services, a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, onsite childcare facilities, and access to flexible working. The University is a Living Wage employer.