Technical Manager

BAE Systems - Saudi Arabia for expatriates; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology firm in the UK seeks a Technical Manager responsible for interfacing with customers and leading engineering projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in engineering integration and a relevant degree. This role offers hybrid working options and extensive benefits, including a pension scheme and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in an engineering integration environment.
• Degree in a STEM discipline or HND/HNC with experience of the Engineering Lifecycle.
• Good knowledge and experience using a wide range of engineering toolsets.
• Excellent communicator, engaging confidently at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary technical interface with customers, capturing requirements.
• Work with leads to propose, develop, and deliver innovative products.
• Oversee system integration activities, ensuring alignment with objectives.
• Collaborate with teams, influencing and guiding engineering community.

Skills

Extensive experience in an engineering integration environment

Good knowledge and experience using a wide range of engineering toolsets

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Excellent communication skills

Education

Degree in STEM discipline or HND/HNC with Engineering Lifecycle experience

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Technical Manager

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £54,793+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the primary technical interface with customers, capturing and understanding requirements and maintaining engagement throughout product development
• Work with engineering leads to propose, develop, and deliver innovative products and solutions that meet customer needs and quality standards
• Oversee system integration activities, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, engineering methods, and business processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, influencing and guiding a diverse community of engineers and engaging with non-engineering functions
• You’ll also have people manager responsibilities in this role.

Your skills and experiences

Essential:

• Extensive experience in an engineering integration environment
• Degree educated in a STEM discipline or HND/HNC with experience of the Engineering Lifecycle
• Good knowledge and experience using a wide range of engineering toolsets
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to create clear, professional documents, reports, and presentations
• Excellent communicator, able to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels across the organisation.

Desirable:

• Experience of Model Based Engineering approaches and the supporting methods and toolsets

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 Engineering Integration team

Join our dynamic Engineering Integration team, working on cutting-edge air defence projects that shape the future of defence technology. As an Engineering Integration professional—whether as a Systems Integration Engineer, Technical Manager, or Capability Development Engineer—you’ll lead and manage complex engineering projects from concept through to delivery. You’ll collaborate with a diverse and highly skilled team, interfacing with customers and non-engineering functions alike, ensuring integrated systems meet the highest standards. This role offers exposure to multiple engineering disciplines, the chance to influence innovative solutions, and the opportunity to contribute to the full product lifecycle while creating technical documentation and providing expert support throughout development.

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

8th October 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.