Engineering Manager

Date Posted:

2026-10-08



Country:

United Kingdom



Location:

Glenrothes, Fife



Position Role Type:

Hybrid

Engineering Manager - Power & Test Equipment

Glenrothes, Scotland | Hybrid Working (Minimum 3 Days On Site)

Travel to Livingston and occasional visits to Harlow

Lead the teams powering the future of defence technology.

At RTX, we're tackling some of the world's most complex aerospace and defence challenges. As the world's largest aerospace and defence company, our people develop innovative technologies that help protect nations, defend freedoms, and create a safer future.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager - Power & Test Equipment to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering function responsible for delivering world-class Power, CAS and Test Solutions. This is a senior leadership opportunity where you'll shape engineering strategy, develop high-performing teams, and influence the successful delivery of mission-critical programmes.

As Engineering Manager, you'll provide leadership across Systems, Electronics, Software, Mechanical Engineering and Test disciplines, ensuring programmes are delivered successfully from concept through to deployment and in-service support.

You'll work closely with Programme Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality and Commercial teams to drive technical excellence, delivery performance and engineering capability, while serving as a key member of the engineering leadership team in Scotland.

This role is about more than programme delivery. It's about building an engineering culture where people thrive, innovation flourishes, and teams consistently deliver exceptional results for our customers.

Leadership & People

Programme & Technical Delivery

Stakeholder & Business Leadership

Operational Excellence

Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering complex power, test equipment or mission-critical products

Strong track record of building high-performing teams and positive engineering cultures

Experience leading within a matrix organisation and influencing senior stakeholders

Solid understanding of systems engineering, product development lifecycles and design assurance

Broad technical knowledge across:

Experience managing engineering resources across multiple concurrent programmes

Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills

Proven ability to develop, coach and mentor engineering talent

Commercial and financial awareness, including budget ownership and resource planning.

This is an opportunity to join a business where innovation, collaboration and purpose come together. You'll have the chance to influence strategy, lead talented engineering teams, and deliver technologies that support critical national and global missions.

If you're a people-focused engineering leader who thrives on developing teams, driving performance and delivering complex engineering solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

Work Culture

For this role the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and successfully complete a baseline (BPSS) security and background check.

This position is classified as:

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Requires broad management and leadership knowledge to lead project teams.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.