Engineering Manager: Build a New UK Defence Team

Connect AI; Warminster; Hybrid; GBP 84,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension plan

25 days leave plus holidays

Job summary

Connect AI in Warminster, Wiltshire is seeking an Engineering Manager to build a new engineering team for a UK defence programme. You will hire, shape the team, establish delivery processes and own delivery commitments to the customer.

This is a genuine build opportunity with day-one autonomy: you will stay technically engaged with architecture, reviews and occasional hands-on work, while establishing a strong engineering culture and standards.

Qualifications

• Formal line management of software engineers.
• Personal involvement in hiring and building high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong technical foundations, with experience in architecture, software design and modern engineering practices.
• Experience establishing team structures, processes and engineering standards.
• Delivery of complex software against customer commitments and challenging constraints.
• Evidence of developing engineers and helping them progress in their careers.
• The ability to balance technical quality, customer needs and commercial priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build and onboard engineers, define roles and interview processes.
• Establish engineering standards and delivery practices.
• Own delivery commitments and coordinate across teams.
• Coach engineers and support progression to senior levels.
• Stay closely connected with technical leaders and the customer.
• Remain hands-on in architecture discussions, design reviews, code reviews and occasional development.

Skills

Line management

Hiring

Architecture

Code review

Delivery ownership

Mentoring

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

Job description

Connect AI in Warminster, Wiltshire is seeking an Engineering Manager to build a new engineering team for a UK defence programme. You will hire, shape the team, establish delivery processes and own delivery commitments to the customer.

This is a genuine build opportunity with day-one autonomy: you will stay technically engaged with architecture, reviews and occasional hands-on work, while establishing a strong engineering culture and standards.