Job Description

Job title: Electrical Engineering Manager (Internal Communications)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience
What you'll be doing:

• Delivering the functional design of Internal Comms and Platform Data Systems (ICPDS), ensuring that customer requirements, and user requirements are elicited and agreed, and that systems and equipment are compliant with these requirements
• Ensuring that the Communications and Networks scope integrates functionally with all the other systems and scenarios that call upon it
• Assessing programme and technical risks to the delivery of the agreed Communications and Networks scope and propose mitigation activities and fall-back opportunities to the client
• Supporting the 3D modelling activities and the programme review events to mature the 3D design and allowing release of data to production
• Preparing the Comms systems hardware and software configuration for integration in a specialist integration facility
• Supporting the integration team in the management of the acquisition of and installation of the facility equipment into the facility
• Finalising the Comms verification and validation strategy and ensuring this is understood and bought-into by relevant parties

Your skills and experiences:
Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working with third party companies to develop products
• Proven management experience within a complex systems environment, such as: avionics, communications, military platforms, oil & gas, automotive, nuclear, power etc.
• Degree (Honours) or equivalent qualification or experience within relevant engineering discipline
• Demonstrable experience of leading teams

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer or working towards this

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 Internal Comms and Platform Data Systems (ICPDS) team:
As an Engineering Manager (Data Network & Communications), you will be in charge of a team of engineers responsible for the design, qualification, development and validation of internal communication equipment. This will involve liaising with key internal stakeholders, as well as large suppliers, subcontractors and the MOD. This role will provide you with the chance to work with the delivery of complex systems involving the latest innovative technologies, within a well-established team. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
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: 10th 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.
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