Radar Systems Requirements Manager

BAE Systems; Bembridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Radar Systems Requirements Manager, where you will manage requirements across the engineering lifecycle. This role involves ensuring traceability, defining management processes, and working with requirements tools. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible benefits

Health and wellbeing discounts

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of Systems Engineering principles.
• Familiarity with ISO standards for requirements specification.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing requirements activities across the engineering lifecycle.
• Owning and maintaining the requirements database.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Requirements Management

Configuration Control

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree in STEM

Tools

IBM DOORS Next

JIRA

Job description

Full Job Description

Job Title: Radar Systems Requirements Manager

Location: Cowes

Salary: Circa £65,000+ depending on skills and experience plus bonus scheme

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and managing requirements activities across the engineering lifecycle, applying ISO 15288 principles to ensure traceability from definition to validation.
• Owning and maintaining the requirements database, ensuring it supports effective decomposition, verification, and specification across system levels.
• Defining and implementing robust requirements management processes, plans, and database schemas to meet project and customer needs.
• Administering access, training, and support for requirements tools (e.g., DOORS Next) and ensuring best practices are followed across the team.
• Facilitating the integration of tools and data exchange with third parties, ensuring configuration control and data integrity.
• Monitoring requirements stability, generating key metrics, and supporting the production of requirement documentation and specifications.

Your skills and experiences:

• Expert-level knowledge of Systems Engineering principles, with strong systems thinking and holistic approaches to requirement definition and management.
• Familiarity with key standards related to requirements specification (e.g., ISO 15288, ISO 12207, ISO 29148, IEEE 1016).
• Proven experience in requirements management tools (e.g., IBM DOORS Next) and configuration control.
• In-depth understanding of the full engineering lifecycle, including lifecycle models such as Waterfall and Agile, and tools like JIRA.
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) in a STEM discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience using high-level design methodologies (e.g., UAF, NAF, TOGAF, SysML, UML) with a focus on requirements integration.
• Awareness of the defence industry landscape and current UK government strategic priorities.

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans, extensive flexible benefits including health, wellbeing, lifestyle discounts, green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and may include an annual incentive.

The Future Radar team:

Join us in shaping the future of Radar Technology. We are evolving our radar portfolio, enhancing existing and developing new radar products to address emerging threats in Future Air Dominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investment in talent, our strategy is to stay at the forefront of defence innovation.

As a Radar Systems Requirements Manager, you will support our leading Radar products, ensuring consistency and traceability across the engineering lifecycle—from definition through to integration, acceptance, and support. You will take ownership of the requirements database and drive continuous improvement, especially around the use of DOORS Next.

Our Cowes workplace is easily accessible from Southampton via ferry and BAE shuttle service.

Our flexible working approach allows for adaptable hours, including accruing hours and flexible start and finish times, to help balance work and personal life.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and ensure our recruitment processes are inclusive. If you have a disability or health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder), please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Please note that many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions, which may limit eligibility based on nationality, residency, and security clearance requirements. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with some roles requiring higher security vetting, including 5 to 10 years of UK residency for meaningful vetting.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Interested candidates should apply promptly.