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Systems Engineering Manager

Job Posted: 19 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Reading, Berkshire

Expire in: 8 days

Job Description

Role: Systems Engineering Manager

Location: Berkshire (Onsite)

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Allowance

I’m partnering with a leading UK defence technology organisation delivering advanced mission-critical systems that operate across land, maritime and airborne domains.

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Leader to take full ownership of engineering delivery across complex, regulated programmes. This is a high-impact role leading multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring delivery to scope, cost, schedule and governance standards aligned to ISO 15288 lifecycle principles.

Key Responsibilities

  * Own and lead end-to-end engineering delivery across one or more programmes

  * Drive Systems Engineering best practice (V-model, iterative & incremental models)

  * Lead multi-discipline teams and manage technical dependencies

  * Identify and mitigate technical risk; manage change and configuration control

  * Ensure artefacts meet contractual, regulatory and governance requirements

  * Support programme planning, Basis of Estimate inputs and schedule optimisation

  * Act as senior engineering interface with customers, suppliers and stakeholders

  * Align resource capability with programme demand and future growth

Requirements

  * Proven multidisciplinary leadership within Defence or Aerospace environments

  * Strong Systems Engineering lifecycle knowledge

  * Experience delivering high-assurance, regulated solutions

  * Confident stakeholder engagement at senior level

  * Exposure to Command & Control, secure communications, encryption, sensors or integrated defence capability

This is a challenging brief requiring technical credibility, commercial awareness and strong leadership — but it offers real ownership and influence within nationally significant programmes.

Please note that this role requires candidates to undergo DV clearance

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