Systems & Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Systems and Software Engineering Manager

Location: Rochester- 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 dependent on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Developing purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvement
• Providing valuable input into our systems and software engineering strategies, you'll help us optimize cost, schedule, and quality, ensuring that best practices are integrated seamlessly
• Inspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of excellence
• Nurturing and developing people, helping to develop your team and driving a workforce, enhancing skills and taking on new tasks
• Ensuring correct implementation and use of resources, including the recruitment of experienced engineers, undergraduate placement students and graduates
• Playing a key role in our estimating and development strategies to support our Technical Bid Review Process

Your skills and experiences:

• Managing large teams or teams of teams through systems and/or software lifecycles
• Demonstrable leadership skills, in order to drive growth
• Ability to engage and negotiate with stakeholders, being able to deliver information at all levels and influence decision making.
• Technical engineering background with a relevant qualification or experience
• Ideally experience with Avionic Systems, Mission Systems, Safety Critical Control Systems, or Real-time Embedded/Display Systems, adds valuable insight to our teams.

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 Engineering team:

You will provide functional support to our Engineering Teams within Systems and Software, having a vital role in continuous improvement, enhancing processes, inspiring teams and driving efficiency in one of the world's leading defence, security and aerospace companies. You will play a key part in managing Systems and Software teams enabling the development and supply of products across a diverse mix of commercial and military platforms; Head Up and Head Worn Displays, Safety Critical Pilot Control and Flight Control Systems.

This will give you a direct influence on leading process innovation, propelling excellence, and leading teams, whilst driving a culture of creativity and collaboration.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 29th April 2024

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.