Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineering Manager

Location: New Malden/Broad Oak/Frimley/Filton/Dorchester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £75,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Contributing to the management & motivation of the INTeACT New Dev engineering team
• Defining suitable engineering processes, people and tools required to ensure efficient & accurate execution of the INTeACT New Dev engineering programme and to successfully achieve quality engineering outputs and deliverables
• Ensuring delivery of engineering effort to overall budget and schedule
• Making engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority
• Leading and coordinating the estimation of engineering activities and product development & support costs
• Managing the development & execution of team resource plans including forward load forecasting & assignment of engineers
• Providing help and direction to INTeACT New Dev team members to support both their effective working and their development

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• A significant breadth and diversity of software engineering experience on projects or products, combined with demonstrable experience of software engineering in a systems context in an engineering or defence related industry
• Authoritative knowledge of software engineering approaches, processes and procedures, with a working knowledge of Agile practices (DevSecOps desirable)
• Ability to manage complex technical issues and make engineering judgements based on own knowledge and experience
• Ability to develop effective partnerships with a variety of stakeholders and mentor and assist others

Desirable:

• Experience within a Naval Combat Systems Development Environment across multiple lifecycle phases
• Previous experience of managing a software development team

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The INTeACT New Dev Team:

The Engineering Manager is part of the INTeACT New Dev team and will report to the Senior Engineering Manager. They will work closely with the Software Factory Lead to ensure that all the required engineering enablers are in place such that the INTeACT New Dev product vision and architecture can be realised.

The Engineering Manager has direct line management responsibility for up to 7 staff whilst jointly overseeing the work of the whole software development team.

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: 15th May 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.