Engineering delivery manager

• Mobilize the right resources
• Ensure technical, cost, and deadline commitments are met
• Unite teams around common objectives
• Proactive in defining the delivery strategy
• Driving continuous improvement
• Alignment with quality standards
• Search for innovative solutions, including with external partners
• Focus on engineering delivery to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of engineering projects involving hardware, software and systems integration components
• Build a team with shared goals to create an effective engineering chain leading all engineering activities (Research & Technology / Research & Development)
• Manage multidisciplinary engineering teams, including systems engineers, software developers and test engineers
• Take project execution to the next level by developing project management skills and processes
• Identify, assess and mitigate technical risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle
• Define and monitor project schedules, milestones and deliverables, aligning them with contractual commitments
• Organise and facilitate collaborative work between teams: internal resources, local subcontractors, strategic foreign partners and end customers in Belgium or abroad
• Collaborate with project managers, team leaders, quality assurance and the supply chain to ensure compliance with defence industry standards (e.g. ISO 9001, AQAP)
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimise delivery processes, including methodologies

• Engineering degree (in one of the following fields: Mechanical, Systems, Electromechanical, Defense, or equivalent)
• Proven experience (5 to 10 years) in leading complex product engineering projects
• Excellent command of applied mechanics (embedded systems, platforms)
• Understanding of pyrotechnics, kinematics, or precision watchmaking
• Solid knowledge in risk management, project structuring, and quality assurance processes
• Transversal leadership: ability to engage a multidisciplinary team without direct hierarchical links
• Strategic mindset, ability to find alternative paths, arbitrate, and make decisions
• Results-oriented, strong focus on operational performance and efficiency seeking
• Open-minded, situational intelligence, solution-oriented
• Good interpersonal skills, assertive yet collaborative demeanor
• Proficiency in professional English is essential (international environment, documentation, meetings)
• French: Native speaker level required

Strong asset: knowledge of the defense, space, aerospace, or precision mechanics sector