Engineering Manager

BAE Systems; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global defense technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager in Gloucester, UK, to lead engineering projects with the focus on complex products. The role requires managing multi-disciplined teams and ensuring delivery meets customer expectations. Candidates must be UK nationals or permanent residents with security clearance eligibility. The position demands technical credibility in FPGA, C++, and VHDL, as well as strong leadership and project management skills. This position is on-site due to security requirements.

Benefits

Referral Bonus: £5,000

Hybrid working arrangement

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing software/hardware engineering projects.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplined teams effectively.
• Qualify for full, unrestricted UK Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering projects with major engineering systems or software products.
• Integrate multi-disciplined engineering teams and manage project delivery.
• Ensure projects meet customer obligations for cost and quality.

Skills

FPGA

C++

VHDL

Project Management

Leadership

Education

UK National or Permanent Resident

Job description

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.

Job Title

Engineering Manager

Requisition ID: 122670

Grade: GG11 - GG13

Referral Bonus: £5,000

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). With 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.

Essential Requirements

• 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.
• UK National, either by birth or naturalised, and 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Onsite Dedication

Due to the sensitive nature of our work please be aware that this role requires full‑time onsite working in secure environments.

About the Team

The Cross‑Domain product development and solutions team is a close knit engineering team within BAE Systems - Digital Intelligence operating in a dynamic market. The team is responsible for the development of world‑leading hardware based network security and communication appliances that operate at multi‑gigabit speeds.

Cross‑Domain customers include a variety of government departments and defence, telecommunications and critical national infrastructure companies. Cross‑Domain has a vacancy for an Engineering Manager to lead and co‑ordinate the engineering team for key projects, ensuring the accreditation and timely delivery of the solutions being implemented.

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.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well‑being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Government

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Government contracts are an area we have many decades of experience in. Government and key infrastructure networks are critical targets to defend as the effects of these networks being breached can be devastating.

As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

Application Process

When applying for this role you will be redirected to BAE Systems careers site where you will be required to:

• Register an account (this is optional, you can apply as a guest)
• Provide contact information
• Upload your CV
• Complete a short diversity & inclusion questionnaire

When asked source type, please select “job board advertisement” then “the IET / E+T Jobs”.