Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineering Manager
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Baddow, Chelmsford or Portsmouth Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Up to 85,700 depending on skills and experience plus bonus scheme. Part time & accruing hours available' Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.
What you'll be doing:

• Management of a software focused engineering programme or project consisting of several major activities, work packages, and software tools
• Management & integration of large software engineering teams; leadership of software resources, delivery of packages of work/services, involving new products and/or complex upgrades, utilising new and existing technologies, requiring multiple interfaces with customers/suppliers or partners
• Being responsible for managing the delivery of the software engineering content for projects within the Future Radar sub-sector
• Performing appropriate engineering planning, management and review activities to ensure Software is integrated, safe, fully compliant and delivered within agreed requirements for cost, quality, time and schedule

Your skills and experiences:

• Proven experience in the Software development lifecycle, processes and tools
• Experience delivering complex software development projects with appreciation to project management
• Proven ability to lead a team with engineering and software expertise
• An Engineering background, having started work in software and progressed into management
• Degree level qualified in computer science or software engineering background or relevant experience

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 Future Radar Software team:
Join us in shaping the Future of Radar Technology, we are evolving our radar portfolio enhancing our existing and developing brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats in the realm of Future Air Dominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investment in talent, our strategy is to stay at the forefront of defence innovation.
As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of the software engineering content for projects within the Future Radar sub-sector, delivering projects to meet customer and contractual obligations for cost, quality, timeliness and specification and resolution of engineering conflicts between software teams, systems and capabilities.
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.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
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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