14 of 14 Permanent Technical Leadership Jobs in Bedfordshire

This leadership role blends technical excellence, systems engineering discipline, and strategic oversight to ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality, compliant solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment. Role Purpose As Systems Group Leader, you will oversee the full lifecycle of systems engineering activities-from requirements definition to … planning to support evolving business needs. Key Responsibilities: Lead, mentor, and support a team of systems engineers, promoting collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. Provide technical leadership across system design, development, and testing activities, following structured lifecycle models such as the 'V-Model.' Define and allocate work packages, manage … electrical, software, and other engineering disciplines to ensure fully integrated systems. Continuously improve systems engineering processes and internal documentation. Support business development by contributing technical input to bids, proposals, and customer discussions related to systems engineering. Monitor team performance, provide regular feedback, and support personal development through mentoring More ❯

This leadership role blends technical excellence, systems engineering discipline, and strategic oversight to ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality, compliant solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment. Role Purpose As Systems Group Leader, you will oversee the full lifecycle of systems engineering activities-from requirements definition to … planning to support evolving business needs. Key Responsibilities: Lead, mentor, and support a team of systems engineers, promoting collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. Provide technical leadership across system design, development, and testing activities, following structured lifecycle models such as the 'V-Model.' Define and allocate work packages, manage … electrical, software, and other engineering disciplines to ensure fully integrated systems. Continuously improve systems engineering processes and internal documentation. Support business development by contributing technical input to bids, proposals, and customer discussions related to systems engineering. Monitor team performance, provide regular feedback, and support personal development through mentoring More ❯

will work closely with the LEUK Engineering community, national and international MoD customer community and the international GCAP partner Engineering community. You will provide technical and strategic leadership in the concepting, design and development of Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effects (ISANKE) within GCAP and FCAS, and related … Sensing Systems in other relevant business areas/opportunities. What you will do as Chief Technology Officer - Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effecting: Provide technical and strategic leadership/oversight of ongoing Technology Development Programmes and/or Product Development Programmes in ISANKE/Integrated Sensing Systems. Create … and shape the future of the Leonardo Electronics Division UK, Future Combat Air business by leading the high-level cardinal technical strategy inputs for ISANKE/Integrated Sensing Systems elements, that anchor our product strategy into a credible future business opportunities landscape. Monitor and help to shape the future More ❯

term UK Government initiative, you'll influence the architecture of a cutting-edge data and technology ecosystem. If you're driven by solving complex technical challenges and designing secure, scalable solutions with lasting impact—this role is for you. Your Role As a Senior Technical Architect, you'll … governance and assurance processes Mentor developers and junior architects to drive best practice About You We're looking for someone confident in bridging the technical and strategic. You'll have experience across data and software architecture, with strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to steer complex projects to … GDPR, ISO, etc.) Solid background in relational and columnar database design Proficiency with BI tools and event-driven architectures Clear communicator with experience writing technical documentation Comfortable working with Agile, TOGAF, or similar frameworks Desirable: Experience with Python and data libraries (Pandas, Scikit-learn) Knowledge of ETL tools (Airflow More ❯

term UK Government initiative, you'll influence the architecture of a cutting-edge data and technology ecosystem. If you're driven by solving complex technical challenges and designing secure, scalable solutions with lasting impact—this role is for you. Your Role As a Senior Technical Architect, you'll … governance and assurance processes Mentor developers and junior architects to drive best practice About You We're looking for someone confident in bridging the technical and strategic. You'll have experience across data and software architecture, with strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to steer complex projects to … GDPR, ISO, etc.) Solid background in relational and columnar database design Proficiency with BI tools and event-driven architectures Clear communicator with experience writing technical documentation Comfortable working with Agile, TOGAF, or similar frameworks Desirable: Experience with Python and data libraries (Pandas, Scikit-learn) Knowledge of ETL tools (Airflow More ❯

in-orbit testing phases Engage directly with customers to capture mission needs and translate them into engineered solutions Contribute to proposals, R&D, and technical strategy across the communications domain Key Requirements: 5–10 years' experience in SATCOM or space systems engineering Deep understanding of end-to-end satellite … systems engineering background (requirements, design, V&V, documentation) Familiarity with secure communications (COMSEC/INFOSEC) and defence-grade SATCOM systems Excellent communication skills and technical leadership experience Degree in Communications Engineering, Aerospace, or related field (BSc/MSc/PhD) Benefits Package: Base Salary: Up to More ❯

in-orbit testing phases Engage directly with customers to capture mission needs and translate them into engineered solutions Contribute to proposals, R&D, and technical strategy across the communications domain Key Requirements: 5–10 years' experience in SATCOM or space systems engineering Deep understanding of end-to-end satellite … systems engineering background (requirements, design, V&V, documentation) Familiarity with secure communications (COMSEC/INFOSEC) and defence-grade SATCOM systems Excellent communication skills and technical leadership experience Degree in Communications Engineering, Aerospace, or related field (BSc/MSc/PhD) Benefits Package: Base Salary: Up to More ❯

in-orbit testing phases Engage directly with customers to capture mission needs and translate them into engineered solutions Contribute to proposals, R&D, and technical strategy across the communications domain Key Requirements: 5–10 years' experience in SATCOM or space systems engineering Deep understanding of end-to-end satellite … systems engineering background (requirements, design, V&V, documentation) Familiarity with secure communications (COMSEC/INFOSEC) and defence-grade SATCOM systems Excellent communication skills and technical leadership experience Degree in Communications Engineering, Aerospace, or related field (BSc/MSc/PhD) Benefits Package: Base Salary: Up to More ❯

in-orbit testing phases Engage directly with customers to capture mission needs and translate them into engineered solutions Contribute to proposals, R&D, and technical strategy across the communications domain Key Requirements: 5–10 years' experience in SATCOM or space systems engineering Deep understanding of end-to-end satellite … systems engineering background (requirements, design, V&V, documentation) Familiarity with secure communications (COMSEC/INFOSEC) and defence-grade SATCOM systems Excellent communication skills and technical leadership experience Degree in Communications Engineering, Aerospace, or related field (BSc/MSc/PhD) Benefits Package: Base Salary: Up to More ❯

Architects and the wider project team, with the development of synthetic environments using the C family of programming languages. The role combines aspects of technical leadership, project management and team building. WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we … from you: A Lead Software Engineer who is adaptable and creative in their approach to lead a small software development team and advance the technical development of our synthetic environments/simulation components for one of MBDA's weapon systems. A strong background in software (C# and C++), and … Grow your skills and abilities, whilst supporting the full MBDA development lifecycle. Develop a broader view of systems of systems engineering and drive the technical innovation through a synthetic environment. Work on the worlds most advanced defence systems from the initial concepts with advanced visualisation techniques (AR/VR More ❯

Architects and the wider project team, with the development of synthetic environments using the C family of programming languages. The role combines aspects of technical leadership, project management and team building. WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we … from you: A Lead Software Engineer who is adaptable and creative in their approach to lead a small software development team and advance the technical development of our synthetic environments/simulation components for one of MBDA's weapon systems. A strong background in software (C# and C++), and … Grow your skills and abilities, whilst supporting the full MBDA development lifecycle. Develop a broader view of systems of systems engineering and drive the technical innovation through a synthetic environment. Work on the worlds most advanced defence systems from the initial concepts with advanced visualisation techniques (AR/VR More ❯

direction, implementation, and management of the company's ERP systems, including overseeing the transition from Microsoft Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 (D365). This leadership role involves ensuring the successful rollout of D365 across all supply chain centres while maintaining operational continuity for the legacy AX platform, and collaborating … closely with internal and external stakeholders to drive business transformation and process optimisation Success in this role looks like: Extensive technical leadership experience in D365 ERP landscape Proven track record in running ERP competency centres and leading globally dispersed teams. Demonstrable experience in evaluating and introducing emerging tools More ❯

direction, implementation, and management of the company's ERP systems, including overseeing the transition from Microsoft Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 (D365). This leadership role involves ensuring the successful rollout of D365 across all supply chain centres while maintaining operational continuity for the legacy AX platform, and collaborating … closely with internal and external stakeholders to drive business transformation and process optimisation Success in this role looks like: Extensive technical leadership experience in D365 ERP landscape Proven track record in running ERP competency centres and leading globally dispersed teams. Demonstrable experience in evaluating and introducing emerging tools More ❯

lead the strategicdirection, implementation, and management of the company's ERPsystems, including overseeing the transition from MicrosoftDynamics AX to Dynamics 365 (D365). This leadership role involvesensuring the successful rollout of D365 across all supply chaincentres while maintaining operational continuity for the legacy AXplatform, and collaborating closely with internal … and externalstakeholders to drive business transformation and processoptimisation Success in thisrole looks like: Extensive technical leadership experience in D365 ERPlandscape Proven track recordin running ERP competency centres and leading globally dispersedteams. Demonstrable experience in evaluatingand introducing emerging tools, processes, ortechnologies. Strong budgetmanagement skills and experience in detailed financialplanning. More ❯