Electronics Test Team Leader

In this Electronics Test Team Leader role at Thales Crawley you lead a skilled assembly, test and repair cell towards delivering high-quality products. You partner with the APRU/Cell Manager to plan workloads, drive continuous improvement and foster an inclusive, high‑performing culture. You own process adherence, documentation accuracy and timely deliveries, shaping outcomes across manufacturing and repair. This position offers a hands‑on leadership role in a global tech company tackling mission‑critical challenges.

• 4 Day Working Week
• Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Life Cover
• Progression and Development Opportunities
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing app

• Lead, coach and support a team of assembly and test/repair personnel
• Ensure production and repair activities flow efficiently to meet delivery plans
• Support resolution of operational issues impacting quality, cost and delivery
• Promote adherence to manufacturing processes, work instructions, routing requirements and material flow
• Support and contribute to daily SIM meetings
• Ensure accurate completion of production documentation, route cards, timesheets and non-conformance reporting
• Act as point of contact for process and paperwork queries, providing guidance to team members
• Drive workplace organisation and management standards
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement and employee involvement
• Take ownership of project and product deliveries within routing times
• Build strong relationships across functions and teams
• Contribute to estimating activities for new builds and repairs
• Support performance and development conversations and career goals
• Identify skills gaps and training needs within the team
• Contribute to load and capacity planning
• Ensure tooling and test equipment are available, maintained and calibrated

• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of MRP/PDM system principles
• Knowledge of manufacturing methods and best practices
• Experience managing workloads and delivering against operational targets
• Good standard of general education
• Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent practical experience
• At least 3 years of relevant industry experience

• Excellent communication with colleagues at all levels
• Proactive and solutions-focused problem solving
• Experience leading, motivating and supporting teams
• Microsoft Office applications
• Digital systems
• MRP/PDM system principles