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Working at BAE Systems

  • Founded
    November 1999
  • Company employees
    Around 110,000

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  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
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Join BAE Systems as an Engineering Manager – Systems Solutions Delivery in various locations across the UK and Scotland. This hybrid role offers up to 3 days on-site with flexible working options and a salary of circa £74,290 dependent on experience. You will lead the delivery of engineering activities and integrated software and hardware solutions within mission system capability and integration programmes.

Requirements

  • Academic qualification in a STEM related subject
  • Ability and willingness to become a Chartered Engineer through an appropriate recognised professional institution
  • Proven track record of leading and managing design and engineering teams
  • Experience in managing complexity, risks, and uncertainty in complex projects
  • Must achieve at least Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with potential requirements for higher National Security Vetting

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Engineering Management: Lead and coordinate the delivery and management of Hybrid Navy capability projects and multiple coherent workstreams.
  • Project Planning: Maintain engineering management plans, schedules, and interfaces for each project to meet performance, cost, and schedule requirements.
  • Lifecycle Coordination: Coordinate engineering inputs across design, build, integration, test, acceptance, and transition to service.
  • Stakeholder Liaison: Liaise with customer and design teams to facilitate delivery and acceptance of integrated system solutions.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Senior Systems Engineer or Project Engineering roles may bring cross-functional technical leadership and project delivery skills, alongside meeting mandatory STEM academic qualifications and security clearance requirements.

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Manager – Systems Solutions Delivery

Location: Various locations across the UK & Scotland , hybrid – up to 3 days on site. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £74,290 dependent on experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

What you’ll be doing:

As an Engineering Manager – Systems Solutions Delivery you will lead the delivery of engineering activities across multiple workstreams within a mission system capability and integration programme. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, the role is responsible for delivering integrated software and hardware solutions that meet customer requirements for performance, cost, and schedule. The position also oversees engineering inputs from internal programmes, enterprise initiatives, and external partners to ensure effective integration, governance, and delivery across the full system lifecycle.

Core duties:

  • You will lead and coordinate the delivery and management of the Hybrid Navy capability projects to which they are assigned (this may be multiple coherent workstreams for multiple customers).
  • You will maintain engineering management plans, schedules, and interfaces for each project.
  • You will coordinate engineering inputs across design, build, integration, test, acceptance, and transition to service through generation of required work products and supporting artefacts
  • You will liaise with customer and design teams to facilitate delivery and acceptance integrated system solutions..

Essential skills:

  • Proven track record of leading and managing design and engineering teams
  • Managing complexity, risks and uncertainty in complex projects
  • Academic qualification in a STEM related subject, and ability/willingness to become a Chartered Engineer through an appropriate recognised professional institution

The Combat Systems Team:

This is an opportunity for you to come into a team-based environment with hybrid, cross site working on new technologies and ways of working. You will gain exposure to new projects and part of the advancements in Royal Navy Systems.

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BAE Systems

Engineering Manager – Systems – Hybrid Navy Capability

United Kingdom
Hybrid
Circa £74,290 dependent on experience

This will be a highly visible role, with demanding use of software that is developed with a aim for it to be running within a Naval Ship environment.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 27th November 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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