Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight or Portsmouth Broad Oak – hybrid 3 days weekly onsite

Salary: Up to £87,200 DOE + bonus scheme

Come and put yourself into a dynamic Engineering Managers role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribute to our strategy for new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of engineering management across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role description:

You will lead and coordinate full‑time engineering resources across assigned projects, spanning systems, software and hardware disciplines. This includes planning, forecasting and prioritising resources within project schedules, managing critical skills, supporting succession planning, and aligning recruitment needs. You will ensure engineering work packages are delivered to agreed cost, quality, schedule and technical requirements.

Working collaboratively, you will build good relationships with customers, partners and suppliers, representing engineering across internal and external activities. You will work closely with project and technical leads to ensure safe, compliant integration of products and services, managing technical risks, dependencies and emerging issues across programmes.

Core duties:

• Leading engineering delivery for EM and future product developments, acting as engineering authority and customer interface
• Planning, forecasting and ensuring engineering resources, supporting succession planning and knowledge sharing across the organisation
• Developing and maintaining engineering and project schedules in collaboration with project management and project controls teams
• Holding budget responsibility for EM and future product‑based projects, ensuring delivery to agreed cost and objectives
• Participating in internal and customer project reviews, providing clear engineering input and professional representation
• Supporting bid activities by coordinating engineering inputs, estimates, risks and technical baseline reviews

Essential skills:

• Degree, HND or HNC in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Proven engineering management experience leading multi‑disciplinary teams and work packages
• Good understanding of the full engineering lifecycle, with experience across multiple phases
• Ability to apply business and engineering policies pragmatically to complex engineering projects
• Experience engaging stakeholders and delivering customer requirements through development, trials and in‑service support
• Radar domain knowledge, enabling effective technical challenge and resolution across engineering domains is advantageous

The Radar Systems Engineering team:

You will be working as an Engineering Manager within our close-knit multi-function radar team of inter-disciplinary engineers, evolving our radar portfolio of existing and brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats.

Join us and help shape the future of Radar technology!

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 5th May 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.

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