Electronics Section Manager

Met Police; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

A law enforcement agency in Greater London is seeking an Electronics Section Manager to lead a team in delivering bespoke electronic products and systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on electronics design experience and project management skills. This role offers a competitive salary, with a starting package of £68,295, and involves working with technology to enhance public safety. Applicants must undergo National Security Vetting. Join us to contribute to innovative solutions that make London safer.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in electronics design and development.
• Experience leading and managing a team is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead an electronics development team.
• Steer the team to deliver electronic products and systems.
• Work with customers to understand operational requirements.

Skills

Hands-on electronics development

Leadership

Project management

Job description

Electronics Section Manager

Salary: The starting salary is £68,295 which includes allowances totalling £2,928.

The salary is broken down as £65,367 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £70,012 plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Southwark

Overview

Seeing is believing. And that’s the only way you’ll really get to know about our sophisticated technologies and how we’re using them to fight crime in the capital. We don’t say much, for obvious reasons, but suffice to say that we’re leading advancements in emerging technologies to deliver bespoke electronic and IT solutions in specialist areas to make London safer.

The Technology, Research and Innovation (TRI) team keeps the Met at the cutting-edge of tech. Our work is highly innovative and no two projects are ever the same.

Role Summary

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Electronics Engineering Manager, with hands-on electronic design experience, to join an exciting engineering and science team using state of the art equipment within a multi discipline environment to develop niche electronic solutions, to make London safer.

Responsibilities

As the Electronics Section Manager, you will provide leadership to an electronics development team to enable them to effectively deliver bespoke electronic products and systems fit for operational use in the field. This will involve you using your previous hands‑on electronics development and engineering skills to effectively steer and manage the team to deliver solutions successfully and on time to meet operational deadlines. You will be working with a range of customers to understand their operational requirements to identify potential electronic solutions. Working with the senior technologist and development managers, you will be steering the electronics team to deliver robust solutions to meet these requirements against operational deadlines.

Other Technologies

Have other technology skills?

Even if you do not feel you have had enough experience in some of the things that you think we do, we value the range of backgrounds that those joining us have come from, making this a perfect environment to grow into. Some of the qualities and abilities that our team have cannot easily be put into a job advert, so go ahead and apply, let us know what interests you about this role. We look forward to hearing from you.

Inclusive Language

If you do not feel your experience entirely fits the role, we have other roles within this space that you may be interested in. We are keen to hear from people with different skillsets and you may be a far better fit than you realise.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies show that women, and black, Asian and minority ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification or already have every skill being requested. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description we’d love you to apply anyway, you might just be the perfect person for the role or another role within the team, or we might be able to help you develop towards your dream role in the future.

Vetting

This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post; with a willingness to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, if required.

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. Your Personal Statement and CV should cover your interest in the position and evidence how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria listed in the role specification on the portal after you click apply. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 9th January 2026.