Obsolescence Management Lead Engineer

at  BAE Systems

Job Title: Obsolescence Management Lead Engineer
Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £54,793 – £60,326 depending on experience

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

• A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience. This may include professional qualifications in related toolsets
• Experience with management of obsolescence across hardware and software solutions
• The ability to articulate information at different levels of detail for different audiences is highly desirable

• Working as part of a small team and individually, ensuring proactive management and resolution of emerging obsolescence for all training devices both in-service, in development and in support of future business opportunities
• Establish and maintain a strong technical understanding of the current status and suppliers for our training devices
• Monitor, and provide challenge/solution proposals for hardware obsolescence with intent of minimising the impact onto the BAES engineering teams
• Work with the computing and software teams to understand the status of all software components within the device architectures.
• Produce monthly software obsolescence forecasting
• Work with engineering teams to produce demonstrations studies for removal of obsolete/unsupported products in order to maintain security accreditation
• Analyse assessment results, any new or emerging residual risks and provide remedial recommendations to the wider engineering teams
• Agree to and work to timescales, clearly understanding and providing regular feedback of progress and achievement
• Ensure that a good working knowledge of Aircrew Training Simulation Systems related product deliverables is maintained and that an awareness of interface points and dependencies within the wider team is established
• Understand and comply with BAE Systems Warton policies on security