Join Our Team as a Hardware Team Leader!
Location: Rochester
Salary: Circa £60,000 per annum
What You'll Be Doing:
As a Hardware Team Leader, you'll take the reins of a talented electronics design team, guiding them through exciting challenges and innovations. Your key responsibilities will include:
* Leading both managerial and technical aspects of the team.
* Managing work packages, including cost, schedule, risk, and opportunities.
* Ensuring the engineering team meets production program demands.
* Providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes.
* Driving cost and performance trade-offs.
* Overseeing Control Account Management (CAM).
Your Skills and Experiences:
Essential:
* Demonstrated high performance in leading engineering teams through the full product development lifecycle.
* Proven experience with cost and planning management tools, optimizing solutions, and minimizing impacts from dependencies.
* Experience in design improvements and team skill development, focusing on failure reduction and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).
* Knowledge of supporting production programs.
Desirable:
* Experience with PLD/FPGA design.
* Familiarity with requirements management tools, such as DOORS.
* Experience with work-package management tools, such as MSP or JIRA.
Why Join Us?
At BAE Systems, we believe in rewarding our team members with more than just a paycheck. Here’s what we offer:
* Competitive pension scheme
* Employee share plans
* An extensive range of flexible, discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme and private health plans.
* Shopping discounts and potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
The Hardware Team:
As a leader in our Hardware Team, you will guide a group of highly skilled engineers working on cutting-edge projects, including Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, and more. This is your chance to innovate and grow your career in a dynamic environment!
Why BAE Systems?
Join us and make a real difference! We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought and empowers you to reach your full potential. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to making our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance, please let us know so we can provide reasonable adjustments.
Important Note: Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality and residency may affect your eligibility for certain positions. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting.
Closing Date:
3rd February 2026
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so don’t wait—apply today!