Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead

BAE Systems - Saudi Arabia for expatriates; Rochester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company in Rochester seeks a Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead to provide guidance and leadership in systems engineering initiatives. The role requires a degree in a relevant field and experience in the systems engineering domain. Responsibilities include team management, strategic project contributions, and collaboration on technical solutions. Attractive benefits package includes flexible health and lifestyle benefits, along with a pension scheme. Salary up to £65,000 depending on skills and experience. Closing date: 15th January 2026.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in the systems engineering domain and product lifecycle.
• A degree in a relevant scientific/engineering subject is required.
• Experience leading a team and making decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to less experienced engineers.
• Collaborate to uncover technical solutions.
• Lead and manage systems engineering team.

Skills

Systems engineering experience

Leadership skills

Familiarity with DOORS

Collaboration and communication

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

DOORS

MATLAB

Simulink

Enterprise Architect

Siemens Polarion

Job description

Job Title: Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead

Location: Rochester

Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on skills and experience. We are recruiting for a range of technical and team leading positions

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing guidance to less experienced engineers, supporting team members wellbeing and career development
• Collaborating to uncover technical solutions and sharing recommendations
• Contributing to strategic project aspects and facilitating implementation of initiatives
• Understanding scope, size and time phasing of packages of work, how these contribute to project success
• Understanding the team size and skillset required, giving regular status and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager
• Understanding and enabling dependencies or facilities required across the team
• Supporting the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on‑going projects

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in the systems engineering domain and product lifecycle
• Familiarity with system engineering tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink
• Experience leading a team and making decisions from either a technical or managerial aspect
• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g. Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace, Physics or Mathematics)

Desirable:

• Experience leading and managing a system engineering team in relevant product markets
• Experience in integration, test, and/or verification of real time and/or safety related systems
• An understanding of information assurance, cyber security and environmental impact aspects relating to real time embedded engineering products

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 Systems Engineering Team:

We are looking for experienced and dynamic individuals to step up and provide coordination and strategy for execution of the systems engineering on one or more projects. This role will provide support to the functional department and projects through work package scope, scheduling, resources and strategy for the project systems domain. Your role will include working with Engineering Project Managers to broadly understand the near‑term work planned (3mth - 6mth) and longer term work planned (18mth – 24mth). You will be leading a team of highly capable engineers to deliver against your plans and estimates.

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.

Closing Date: 15th January 2026

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.