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# Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, MATLAB, Simulink, Polarion
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5952945573

## About the Role

* We require a degree or equivalent experience in a relevant scientific or engineering subject such as Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace, Physics or Mathematics.
 * We require experience in the systems engineering domain and product lifecycle.
 * We require familiarity with systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink.
 * We require experience leading a team and making decisions from either a technical or managerial perspective.
 * Applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
 * Some roles may require higher levels of National Security Vetting, and applicants may need 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required.

## Description

* We provide guidance to less experienced engineers and support team members wellbeing and career development.
 * We understand the scope, size and time phasing of packages of work and use this to facilitate and contribute to project success.
 * We assess the team size and skillset required, and provide regular status updates and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager.
 * We support the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for ongoing projects.
 * We collaborate with Engineering Project Managers to understand near-term and longer-term work plans.
 * We lead a team of highly capable engineers to deliver against plans and estimates.

Technologies:

 * Architect
 * Support
 * LESS
 * Matlab
 * Security
 * System Engineer
 * Network