Principal Project Engineer

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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, GBR
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Energy • Manufacturing
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The Role
Leads multidisciplinary engineering development projects involving systems, software, electronics, and mechanical engineering. Responsibilities include managing requirements and priorities, coordinating design reviews, interfacing with manufacturing and customers, authoring engineering documentation, presenting project status, and supporting certification and audit activities. The role requires extensive experience with safety-critical aerospace or defense systems, relevant standards, MBSE tools, and requirements management.
Summary Generated by Built In
What you’ll do:
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the engineering development
  • Balance the competing demands and requirements, assessing customer requirements, and prioritizing workload as required
  • Plan, co-ordinate and present at design reviews
  • Provide technical interface with supporting functions e.g. manufacturing
  • Support customer, partner and strategic supplier meetings
  • Author key project documents, including Engineering Development Plans, and Declarations of Performance
  • Regularly present project status to the Project Engineering Team Leader and Head of Engineering
  • Maintain awareness of PCS products within the competitive landscape

Qualifications:
  • Degree educated in an engineering or science discipline
  • Significant experience within one of the following disciplines: project lead, systems, software or electronics engineering
  • Broad understanding of electronics, software, systems and mechanical disciplines
  • Experience of designing and testing to military and/or civil aerospace environmental standards
  • Experience of safety critical solution development in accordance with DO-178/DO-254 and ARP4754
  • Extensive experience of leading complex projects with substantial software, electronics and systems engineering elements
  • Background in Defence or Aerospace industries
  • Experience of relevant UK Land vehicle Defence Standards such as DEF STAN 59-411, DEF STAN 61-05, DEF STAN 00-35
  • Previous involvement in SOI audits and certification reviews
  • Experience in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) - Enterprise Architect or Rhapsody
  • Experience of DOORS Requirements Management tool
Skills:
  • Ability to succeed in a fast-paced and agile environment
  • Capable of managing and prioritising multiple project streams each with their own customer and development objectives
What we offer:
  • Opportunity to work in a global, highly collaborative environment
  • Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
  • Strong focus on learning, development, and career progression
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • A culture that promotes inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement

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Skills Required

  • Degree in an engineering or science discipline
  • Significant experience as a project lead, systems engineer, software engineer, or electronics engineer
  • Broad understanding of electronics, software, systems, and mechanical disciplines
  • Experience designing and testing to military and/or civil aerospace environmental standards
  • Experience developing safety-critical solutions in accordance with DO-178, DO-254, and ARP4754
  • Extensive experience leading complex projects involving software, electronics, and systems engineering
  • Background in defense or aerospace industries
  • Experience with UK Land Vehicle Defence Standards including DEF STAN 59-411, DEF STAN 61-05, and DEF STAN 00-35
  • Previous involvement in SOI audits and certification reviews
  • Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering using Enterprise Architect or Rhapsody
  • Experience with the DOORS requirements management tool
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile environment
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple project streams with customer and development objectives

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  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and company‑paid disability, with HSAs/HRAs and wellness programs enhancing access and support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching alongside additional retirement contributions, with some sites also featuring pension and profit‑sharing components.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents, childbirth leave via short‑term disability for birth mothers, adoption benefits, and subsidized backup care signal strong family‑focused support.

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HQ: Dublin, Dublin
93,749 Employees
Year Founded: 1911

What We Do

Planes. Hospitals. Factories. Data centers. Vehicles. The electrical grid. These are things people depend on every day. And the companies behind them depend on Eaton to solve some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet. Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees.

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