Electronics Section Manager

Met Police; London; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

The Met Police seeks an Electronics Section Manager to lead an innovative engineering team focused on developing bespoke electronic solutions. This role requires hands-on electronic design experience and excellent leadership skills to engage various stakeholders and ensure project success. Join the Met to contribute to making London safer with cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

• Previous hands-on electronics development experience.
• Experience working with operational requirements and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated exceptional talent in electronics project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the electronics development team.
• Engage with stakeholders to capture electronic solution requirements.
• Plan and manage electronic development projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Technical Engagement

Education

Hands-on electronic design experience

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

We can’t disclose explicit details but can tell you we’re leading advancements in emerging technologies to deliver bespoke solutions to niche and specialist areas of the Met. The only way you can appreciate our sophisticated technologies, and how we’re using them to protect the public and fight crime across London, is to see them for yourself.

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.

This is a unique 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.

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.

A typical day may include engaging with MPS operational officers, capturing and documenting requirements, meeting with suppliers and partner agencies, planning a programme of electronic development projects, running project meetings, and briefing or writing on the progress of projects.

As the Electronics Section Manager, you will be working with a wide range of stakeholders, assessing and adapting to each type of audience. You will be someone who can readily engage and win the support of others. You will be working with some of the UK's top suppliers and highly experienced electronic engineers in your team, so you will need to be able to communicate at their technical level. Maintaining momentum on projects is essential to keep the operational customers focused, and you will need to think of ways to keep their commitment throughout the development lifecycle. You will have already demonstrated exceptional talent in your career.

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/or Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 17th July 2025.

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups, and women.

As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.