Test & Engineering Manager

Job Description

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Frimley

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Job Title: Test & Engineering Manager

Location: Guildford, Frimley – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

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.

Role Description

BAE Systems have been contracted to undertake the design and build of a dedicated Security Operations Centre (SOC) to support the cyber defence of a major international defence programme. The information, systems and networks to be protected will be a mix of Microsoft Cloud services and on-premises data centres straddling multiple regions and classification levels.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic individual with excellent technical and client-facing skills, to act as a combined Engineering, Test and Customer Acceptance Manager who manage the internal engineering lifecycle as well as planning and leading customer acceptance activities.

The role will range from input into design and implementation plans, authoring key engineering artefacts (e,g Engineering Management Plan, Test Strategy), resourcing of the engineering and wider team, advising on design, deploying and configuring new solutions, assessing existing deployments and client capabilities to make improvements and improve overall maturity, and working with the client to agree the basis for acceptance and defining the method for gaining it.

• Responsible for ensuring the programmes engineering activities adhere to both internal and external expectations
• Size and manage engineering team to meet project expectations
• Task and People Management of Engineering Team
• Define internal test strategy
• Define and Agree Customer Acceptance Strategy and process
• Lead Acceptance Activities with customer
• Review and approve all required documentation as part of a release or change including design, deployment, configuration and administration guides.
• Develop test procedures to test solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements

Core Duties

• Extensive experience of large scale multi source programmes
• Understanding of SOC programmes and Tech Stack
• Self-motivated to understand tools that may not have been used before, researching and testing potential solutions.
• Client-side consulting, including stakeholder engagement and the ability to communicate insights and concepts to others.
• Negotiation with client to ensure acceptance is not unnecessarily delayed
• Internal and External Stakeholder management
• Team player and adept at working in multi-disciplinary and diverse teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively to help support and mentor team members where helpful.
• Self-awareness and understanding of your own strengths and weaknesses.
• It would be beneficial but not required to have the following skill: ISTQB Advanced Test Management

The Team

We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we recognise people’s efforts and that everyone has a life outside of work. We encourage people to speak up if they want to rotate to a new project.

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 which 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 under-represented 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 such as your nationality, any nationalities which you previously may have held and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are able 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.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.