Engineering Manager

at  BAE Systems

LOCATION(S): UK, EUROPE & AFRICA : UK : GLOUCESTER

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.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS

• Technically credible (although not hands on) with FPGA, C++, VHDL.
• Product delivery experience. Managing software/hardware engineering projects.
• Security Clearance: Qualify for full, unrestricted, UK Security Clearance.You’ll need to be a UK National, either from birth, or naturalised as well as being a permanent UK Resident for the last 5 years.Due to security clearance requirements for this position we are unable to consider dual nationals and non-UK nationals for this particular role.

DIVISION OVERVIEW: CAPABILITIES

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Digital Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.
As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You’ll be leading the engineering of products which are genuinely recognised as the best in the world (search BAE Cross Domain Solutions for more info). Leading Projects, you’ll have one or two direct reports, working across our programme portfolio. The programmes are time constrained and your role is to ensure the efficient and effective management of the resources. You will be technically competent and understand how to direct multi-disciplined teams to develop highly complex products.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibility for management & delivery of engineering projects consisting of a number of major engineering systems, disciplines, platforms, assemblies, equipment or software products.
Management & integration of multi-disciplined engineering teams; leadership of engineering resources, delivery of packages of work/services, involving new products and/or complex upgrades, utilising new and existing technologies, requiring multiple interfaces with customers/suppliers or partners.
Delivery of projects to meet customer and contractual obligations for cost, quality, timeliness and specification, resolution of engineering conflicts between disciplines, systems and capabilities.
Integration and solution development to meet a coherent and prioritised set of demands, tailor and apply engineering processes, tools and approaches to develop innovative and creative solutions to contracts and specifications.
Sign off for design, legal and technical requirements for projects