Engineering Manager (Electronic Hardware Design)

BAE Systems; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and defense company is looking for an Engineering Manager (Electronic Hardware Design) to develop processes that enhance engineering excellence and inspire teams. The ideal candidate will manage large teams, possess a strong electronic hardware engineering background, and engage with stakeholders effectively. This role also offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits including a pension scheme and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing large teams or multiple teams throughout electronic hardware design.
• Demonstrable skills in leadership and team development.
• Ability to deliver compelling information and influence decisions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop processes for engineering excellence and streamline operations.
• Provide input into hardware engineering strategies to optimize cost and quality.
• Inspire teams to embrace innovative paradigms and culture of excellence.

Skills

Team management

Leadership skills

Stakeholder engagement

Electronic Hardware engineering background

Experience with Avionic Systems

Job description

Job Title

Engineering Manager (Electronic Hardware Design)

Location

Rochester

Salary

Up to £80,000 per annum + annual bonuses

What you’ll be doing

• Developing purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvement
• Providing valuable input into our Electronics Hardware engineering strategies, you’ll help us optimize cost, schedule, and quality, ensuring that best practices are integrated seamlessly
• Inspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of excellence
• Nurturing and developing your team; driving a workforce, enhancing skills and taking on new tasks; conducting Performance Development Reviews
• Ensuring correct implementation and use of resources, including the recruitment of experienced engineers, undergraduate placement students and graduates Playing a key role in our estimating and development strategies to support our Technical Bid Review Process

Your skills and experiences

• Managing large teams or teams of teams through Electronic Hardware design and development lifecycles
• Demonstrable leadership skills, in order to drive growth
• Ability to engage and negotiate with stakeholders, being able to deliver information at all levels and influence decision making
• Electronic Hardware engineering background with a relevant qualification or experience
• Ideally experience with Avionic Systems, Mission Systems, Safety Critical Control Systems, or Realtime Embedded/Display Systems, adds valuable insight to our teams

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Hardware Engineering team

You will provide functional support to our Engineering Teams within Electronics Hardware Engineering, having a vital role in continuous improvement, enhancing processes, inspiring teams and driving efficiency in one of the world’s leading defence, security and aerospace companies. You will play a key part in managing Electronics Hardware teams enabling the development and supply of products across a diverse mix of commercial and military platforms; Head Up and Head Worn Displays, Safety Critical Pilot Control and Flight Control Systems. This will give you a direct influence on leading process innovation, propelling excellence, and leading teams, whilst driving a culture of creativity and collaboration.

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 (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that 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.

Closing Date

26th November 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.