Engineering Manager – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

Job Title: Engineering Manager – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – Hybrid (dependent on business needs)

Salary: Circa £60,000 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

Support to the Transversal Engineering Lead Engineers, Consultants and senior Consultants for the development of robust and coherent engineering strategies and delivery plans.

Act as Line Manager for PMS Transversal Core Employees and Contingent (Agency) Personnel. Mentor and lead a team of engineers, including task management, skill development, and performance monitoring. Foster a collaborative and productive work environment, promoting continuous learning and improvement

Responsible for coordination with Project Management to expedite Transversal related Functional Design Process (FDP) activities and deliverables.

Support an integrated approach to the delivery of transversal requirements into the PMS C&I Delivery organisation

Coordinate Transversal specialist working groups i.e. Safety, Operability, Product Security, Through Life Support.

Support and coordinate activities associated with design, integration, demonstration and verification of Alerts Management functionality across engineering teams and facilities, developing Technical Department Instructions in support of core processes.

Your skills and experiences:

Degree in relevant STEM subject or relevant Industry Experience

Requires a solid and comprehensive understanding of a number of engineering disciplines. Ability to discuss and understand context and implications of technical issues across a number of engineering disciplines.

Holds Chartered Engineer Status with an appropriate institution such as INCOSE, IET or IMechE.

Awareness of the importance of Product Safety & Product Security to the success of the Dreadnought Enterprise

Some experience of functional modelling of complex systems and Model Based Systems Engineering.

Knowledge of Submarine Control & Indication Systems including Alerts Management Solution

Familiarity with Pressurised Water Reactors and associated supporting systems

Knowledge of Submarine Engineering Operations

No Specific Nuclear Requirements but awareness of Nuclear Submarine Propulsion Plant and systems would be beneficial

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 Platform Management System C & I Team:

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Manager – Electrical Engineering (Control and Instrumentation) working within The Platform Management System (PMS) C & I Team.

The Engineering Manager is responsible for the Management and Coordination of PMS C&I Transversal Engineering activities to include Operability/Operations, Product Safety, Product Security & Information Assurance, Through Life Support.

Reporting to the Principal Engineering Manager, the role supports the planning, integration and monitoring of engineering activities and associated transversal process execution across multiple engineering delivery teams at multiple levels of system and software design. This will include coordinating the demonstration of the integrated PMS alerts management functional design and HCI/HMI solutions and to ensure process adherence.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

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.

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: 2nd December 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. (EXTERNAL ONLY, REMOVE FOR INTERNAL)

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