Software Project Engineering Manager

Job Title: Software Project Engineering Manager

Location: Cowes – fully site based

Salary: Up to £85,700 dependent on skills & experience + bonus scheme

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role description:

You will Lead and coordinate the delivery of complex software engineering programmes, managing multidisciplinary teams, work packages and tooling across multiple stakeholders. You will oversee software integration, planning and review activities, ensuring solutions are safe, compliant and delivered to agreed cost, quality and schedule requirements within the Future Radar portfolio.

Core duties:

• 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

Essential skills:

• 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

The Radar Software team:

Join us in shaping the Future of Radar Technology. Building on our heritage of cutting‑edge, world‑leading radar products, we are rapidly evolving our portfolio to enhance existing capabilities while pioneering brand new systems designed to counter emerging and future threats across the battlespace. Through close collaboration with our customers and sustained investment in exceptional talent, we are committed to remaining at the forefront of defence innovation and defining the next generation of radar solutions.

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.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 24th November 2026

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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