Mission Systems Product Integration Lead

Job Title: Mission Systems Integration Lead

Location: Warton – Hybrid 3 days a week onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £51,772 – £59,491+ Depending on your level of experience

Multiple opportunities are available within the team at both E and F grades, offering excellent opportunities for engineers at different stages of their career progression. Opportunities are available for both technical specialists and individuals with leadership experience and broader technical responsibility. Please speak with the recruiter for further information on the different grade opportunities available within the team.

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.

Job Description:

This role sits within the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Mission Systems Delivery Team and focuses on leading the integration and development of mission system capabilities for a 6th Generation combat air platform. As the Tier 3 Mission Systems Product Integration Lead, you will manage and support a team of engineers within an agile environment, ensuring mission system products are technically coherent throughout the concept and early design phases. The position involves close collaboration with international partners, MOD stakeholders, and multidisciplinary engineering teams across areas such as Electronic Warfare, Sensors, Communications, Cyber Security, Mission Management, and Safety. Responsibilities include technical leadership, requirements management, systems engineering documentation, agile delivery coordination, and supporting safety and security design activities.

Core duties:

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a growing, high-performing engineering team within a cutting-edge defence programme
• Lead agile delivery activities including Daily Stand-Up Meetings (DSUMs), sprint planning, technical reviews, and collaborative team workshops
• Drive engineering excellence by leading multidisciplinary technical forums and supporting the development of integrated mission system solutions
• Create, review, and maintain high-quality systems engineering documentation throughout the engineering lifecycle
• Collaborate closely with internal specialists, international partners, and external stakeholders to ensure aligned and effective programme delivery
• Support requirements capture, analysis, management, and concept development activities across complex mission system capabilities
• Contribute to the development of safety and security requirements, supporting system design activities within a highly regulated and safety-critical environment

Essential Skills:

• Degree qualified in a STEM discipline, or equivalent industry experience within a relevant engineering environment
• Proven experience working across the systems engineering lifecycle within complex aerospace, defence, or mission-critical programmes
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering methodologies and tools, including MBSE approaches, UML/SysML, and tools such as CAMEO
• Subject Matter Expertise within one or more Mission Systems domains, such as Avionics, Sensors, Electronic Warfare, Communications, Mission Management, or Cyber Security
• Experience in avionics systems development and integration within complex platform environments
• Strong background in requirements capture, analysis, management, and concept development activities
• Experience developing logical architectures and supporting physical system design activities for integrated systems solutions

The Mission Systems Delivery Team:

Join the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Mission Systems Delivery Team and help shape the world’s first 6th Generation combat air Mission System. Working within a highly collaborative and agile environment, you’ll play a key role in developing and integrating advanced mission system capabilities across one of the world’s most exciting aerospace and defence programmes.

As the Tier 3 Mission Systems Product Integration Lead, you’ll lead a team of engineers through the concept and early design phases, ensuring mission system solutions are integrated, coherent, and aligned across the wider platform.

The role offers exposure to a broad range of cutting-edge technologies including Electronic Warfare, Sensors, Communications, Mission Management, Cyber Security, Cockpit/HMI, Navigation, and Safety, while working closely with international partners and stakeholders across the UK, Italy, and Japan.

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: 16th September 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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