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Senior Systems Integration Manager - Space Systems

Employer
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Location
Guildford, London, Great Baddow
Closing date
24 Feb 2022
Reference
97428

Job Details

At BAE Systems Applied Intelligence we develop world-class radio and data systems. We are launching a major new space programme, marrying our existing capabilities with new space technology.

We need skilled, enthusiastic and motivated people at all experience levels from graduate to CTO to deliver these exciting new capabilities. There are opportunities in all relevant engineering and non-engineering disciplines, both for those with space industry experience and those without.

Many roles come with opportunities for remote / hybrid working, working in our offices in Guildford and Great Baddow only when required.

We will provide you with personal development, CPD including support towards professional recognition, industry-leading benefits, and the opportunity to apply cutting-edge technology to interesting problems with the support of our highly-skilled engineering community.

Come and join us for this exciting opportunity to shape and deliver world-class space technologies.

What you will be doing (role duties and responsibilities)

Working in the BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Defence and Space business unit, you will manage the System Integration efforts of a complex and fast-paced space programme, from the payload to the whole space and ground system, through design, development, integration, test and qualification. You will work with third party suppliers to ensure alignment with their integration activities, and will lead and work with skilled engineers to drive the progress and resolve integration issues as they arise, whilst managing risk and opportunity.

This role will enable you to use your knowledge and skills to enable a bold and exciting space project by keeping the team working effectively and efficiently before and during system integration and into operation.

What we are looking for (skills and experience)

We are looking for ambitious, high-calibre people with the following characteristics:

Essential:

  • Experience of working in the space, defence or aerospace sector
  • Extensive systems engineering and system integration experience
  • Experience planning and executing design and technical reviews
  • Knowledge and application of systems engineering processes and functions
  • Experience of technical risk management
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with all stakeholders
  • Experience managing the activities of multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable:

  • Experience throughout engineering lifecycle (system definition, design, build, test and operational deployment)
  • System-of-systems integration experience
  • Demonstrated experience integrating systems to deliver a sophisticated system
  • Membership of Professional Body (e.g. IET, ISC, BCS)
  • Understanding of radio communication systems and concepts
  • Understanding of electronics hardware and software integration

Life at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. 

About BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

We use our intelligence-led insights to help defend Governments, Nations and Societies from cyber-attacks and financial crime. Our customers depend on our evolving capabilities to help them safely grow their organisations. Our unprecedented access to threat intelligence, world-leading analysts and market-leading technology means we can help them to adapt, evolve and stay ahead of the criminals.

Division overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Applied Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours. 

Company

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we believe that digital technology is the key to unlocking our customers’ advantage. By advancing digital technologies, we open doors to worlds of opportunities, together. We work across 6 main areas, Cyber, Defence, Delivery & Advisory, FinCrime, Intelligence and Space. Come visit us at the expo, or our website, to learn more about our opportunities.

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