Technical Manager

Job title: Technical Manager

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54,793+ depending on experience

Grade: F

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development. We know there may be individual circumstances that impact this, so please discuss this with your line manager or HR Business Partner (HRBP).

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you will be giving consent for the Recruitment team to contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as the primary technical interface with customers, capturing and understanding requirements and maintaining engagement throughout product development
• Work with engineering leads to propose, develop, and deliver innovative products and solutions that meet customer needs and quality standards
• Oversee system integration activities, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, engineering methods, and business processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, influencing and guiding a diverse community of engineers and engaging with non-engineering functions

  Your skills and experiences:

  Essential:

  • Extensive experience in an engineering integration environment

  • Degree educated in a STEM discipline or HND/ HNC with experience of the Engineering Lifecycle

  • Good knowledge and experience using a wide range of engineering toolsets

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to create clear, professional documents, reports, and presentations

  • Excellent communicator, able to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels across the organisation.

    Desirable:

    • Experience of Model Based Engineering approaches and the supporting methods and toolsets

      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 Engineering Integration Team:

      Join our dynamic Engineering Integration team, working on cutting-edge air defence projects that shape the future of defence technology. As an Engineering Integration professional?"whether as a Systems Integration Engineer, Technical Manager, or Capability Development Engineer?"you’ll lead and manage complex engineering projects from concept through to delivery. You’ll collaborate with a diverse and highly skilled team, interfacing with customers and non-engineering functions alike, ensuring integrated systems meet the highest standards. This role offers exposure to multiple engineering disciplines, the chance to influence innovative solutions, and the opportunity to contribute to the full product lifecycle while creating technical documentation and providing expert support throughout development.

      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.

      We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

      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: 8^{th 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.