Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year Requirements: Excellent written and communication skills, including writing bids, technical reports and giving presentations. Proven ability in delivering software development programmes to time, cost, quality. Knowledge of software delivery estimation techniques and experience in identifying best approaches. Understanding and application of software development lifecycles to delivery programmes. Experience in management of software development risk. Proven experience in planning and leading software work-package and delivery projects. Leadership experience in software design activities and providing engineering support. Ability to generate software specifications and technical procurement specifications. Knowledge of documenting the design process including verification of system requirements. Desirable: Ability to understand UML diagrams. Experience in management of software tasks within JIRA and defining JIRA workflows. Desirable: Understanding of software branching and repository management, Java and C++ skills. Responsibilities: Lead activity to deliver complex software engineering projects for our defence maritime client. Manage and coordinate technical teams for new product development initiatives. Develop engineering technical solutions and associated costs, risks, and programmes. Deliver technical outputs to time, cost, and quality using project management methodologies. Build and develop positive relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Manage engineering teams to deliver agreed work packages, including meetings and reporting. Report on teams delivery in respect to cost, schedule, quality, and risk. Technologies: Support JIRA Java Security UML More: We are TKMS Atlas UK, seeking an Engineering Manager to lead complex software engineering projects. Offering a hybrid working model with three days on-site in Winfrith, Dorset, we provide a comprehensive benefits package along with a complimentary restaurant for staff meals. Our ideal candidate is highly motivated, innovative, and capable of gaining UK MOD Security Clearance. last updated 6 week of 2026