Job Title: Digital Engineering Team Leader

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth Broad Oak or Great Baddow, Chelmsford – working 4 days weekly on site

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £61,600 DOE + bonus scheme

Step into a Digital Engineering Team Leader role at the forefront of real‑world defence challenges. You will lead and develop a team of digital electronics engineers delivering complex radar systems, while also contributing hands‑on to technical problem solving. This role offers the opportunity to influence both current operational products and the development of next‑generation radar capability, supporting those who serve and protect us.

Who we are:

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.

Role description:

You will provide first‑line technical and people leadership, with both technical and administrative responsibility for a team of digital electronics engineers. Working closely with the Digital Engineering Design Authority and Project Engineering Manager, you will ensure high‑quality, compliant engineering solutions are delivered to cost, schedule, and risk targets. Alongside leadership responsibilities, you will remain technically active, supporting the resolution of complex engineering challenges.

Core duties:

• Leading and developing a team of Digital Electronics Engineers delivering complex multi‑function Radar systems
• Providing technical leadership and assurance, working closely with the Design Authority to deliver robust, compliant solutions
• Taking accountability for team outputs, ensuring effective integration and collaboration across engineering, project, and delivery teams
• Planning, prioritising, allocating, and reviewing work and documentation, providing clear progress, risk, and status updates to project leadership
• Managing and developing engineers through performance management, coaching, training, and succession planning
• Supporting project delivery through hands‑on technical expertise, driving high standards of quality, safety, governance, and continuous improvement across the engineering lifecycle

Essential skills:

• Degree in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards chartership or working towards chartership with a recognised professional institution
• Experience across digital engineering lifecycle, from requirements through design assurance and sign-off
• Knowledge of digital design, including complex PCBs, FPGAs / CPLDs, verification and validation process, including VHDL test benches, laboratory testing, and integration at PCB, cabinet, and system level
• Broad understanding of electronic disciplines (digital, analogue, RF, electrical) and cross‑functional collaboration
• Demonstrated technical leadership and people management experience, including mentoring, development, succession planning, and resource forecasting

The Radar Systems Engineering team:

You’ll join a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary Radar Systems Engineering team as a Digital Engineering Team Lead, working on both in‑service and next‑generation radar products. Our engineers operate at the cutting edge of defence technology, developing advanced radar solutions to meet customer needs.

This is an opportunity to lead and work with talented engineers, influence technical direction, and play a key role in shaping the future of Radar capability.

Our Cowes site offers an easy commute from Southampton, with a regular and fast foot passenger ferry and a BAE‑provided shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site, making island working practical and accessible.

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.

A place where everyone can thrive:

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: 25th May 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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