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# Senior Systems Team Leader

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Sheerness, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Dynamical Systems, MATLAB, Requirements Management, Simulink, Software Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, Polarion
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-32C52ABF6F96CE6B0C/

## About the Role

* You will have proven experience leading a Systems or Software team in relevant product markets and/or domains, such as control systems, Real Time displays or other safety related systems
 * You will have proven experience in managing projects to tight schedules and budgets
 * You will have proven experience in requirements management, design analyses, modelling and simulation, writing and reviewing code and using tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink
 * You will have a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (eg Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics)

## Description

We are looking for experienced and dynamic Systems or Software Team Leaders to step up and provide coordination and strategy for execution of the Systems/Software engineering in the Airborne Controls Product Realisation Group (PRG) of the Rochester business. These roles will provide support to the functional department and projects by understanding the work package scope, scheduling, resources and strategy for development across the Systems and Software domains.

Core duties:

 * You will have understanding of the top level packages of work, size and time phasing across the teams within the PRG, how these contribute to critical path and/or milestones
 * You will have understanding of the team sizes and skillset required as well as any major dependencies or facilities required across the PRG
 * You will contribute to strategic project meetings and facilitate implementation of initiatives
 * You will give regular status and recommendations on the resourcing requirements to the project and the Functional Manager
 * You will support the projects by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on-going projects
 * You will support the team members with their career development in conjunction with the Functional Manager


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