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Hardware Team Leader

On-site in Rochester·Added 19 days ago

BAE Systems

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Overview

Job details

  • Up to £65,000 a year

    Gross, as stated in the ad.

    About £4,020 a month after tax.

Requirements

  • Work on-site in Rochester

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have senior-level experience

    Lead-level role.

Skills

Nice to have

The role

As a Hardware Team Leader, you will lead a team of highly skilled and experienced hardware engineers responsible for the support to our production programs within products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety critical technology.

What you'll do

  • Providing managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team
  • Managing work packages, cost, schedule, risk and opportunities.
  • Working with production teams to ensure the engineering team is supporting the production program demand
  • Providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes
  • Leading cost and performance trade-offs as well as driving continuous improvement
  • Reporting status of tasks and technical maturity to project management
  • Working closely with the functional management to review resourcing needs

Job Title

Job Title: Hardware Team Leader

Location

Location: Rochester - Onsite

Salary

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience

Essential Skills

  • Ability to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle
  • Proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control
  • Experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and target areas of improvement, focusing on failure reduction and MDBF
  • It is desirable you will have experience of the Safety Critical Systems, requirements management tools, such as DOORS or work-package management tools, such as MSP, JIRA

Why BAE Systems?

Here you'll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You'll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what's most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

Hiring process

It varies by role and country, but typically could include an online application, assessments, interviews and sometimes an assessment centre

  • Some roles may need travel for interviews or assessments; reasonable travel costs are reimbursed where relevant.

About BAE Systems

Industry
Aerospace and defence

In their own words

About the company & team

Join BAE Systems and you'll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you'll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You'll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there's no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors, and other associated safety-critical technology.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work with innovating cutting-edge projects as a member of a very experienced diverse team, with the view to progressing your career in this industry.

Additional information

We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 23rd September 2026

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.

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