Technical Manager – Product Security

Job title: Technical Manager – Product Security

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

Salary: £55,000 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Influence and implement Product Security strategy across the Typhoon programme by engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across the project, including both future product development in response to Customer or Policy Product Security requirements and assessment & mitigation of issues for extant products
• Engineering Management Planning for Typhoon Product Security activities, such as Status monitoring and reporting to senior leadership, maintaining the Typhoon Product Security Engineering Management Plan and Progression of key enablers to improve the capability
• Coordination and facilitation of Typhoon Product Security Committee, bringing together affected and interested Technical Authorities and Technical Managers to plan and coordinate current and emergent Typhoon Product Security work
• Customer & EF engagement on Product Security strategy and key issues, and risk baseline assessment activities of current in-service products
• Act as the primary interface for Typhoon in multiplatform working groups regarding Product Security, discussing for example development, prototype, update and agreement of novel Typhoon Product Security processes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree STEM subject (Physics, Mathematics and System Engineering) or equivalent experience/product expertise
• Stakeholder management abilities with experience working across functional areas
• An understanding of the overall systems engineering lifecycle
• Experience working within a complex, multi-project environment
• Proficient Systems Engineering knowledge/experience

Desirable:

• Previous Product Security knowledge
• Defence industry experience is preferred

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Product Safety & Security Integration (PSSI) Team:

The Product Safety & Security Integration Team (PSSIT) is in place to work and act on behalf of the Typhoon Product Manager and Chief Engineer. The Product Safety & Security Integration Team (PSSIT) is in place to work and act on behalf of both the Typhoon Product Manager and Chief Engineer, with 2 key roles; Firstly support and ensure that the Product Manager and Assistant/Chief Engineers safety commitments are delivered across the business. Secondly to Influence and implement Typhoon Product Security Strategy across a wide-range of stakeholders both internally and externally to the programme & company.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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: 12th March 2025

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.