Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead

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, 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

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