Job Description

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.What you’ll be doing:As Head of Strategic Engineering and Architectures, you will deliver technical, engineering and architectural leadership across BAE Systems maritime mission systems portfolio. As a driver of our engineering response to the Royal Navy’s Hybrid Navy strategy, you will define and lead the enterprise architecture vision, ensuring solutions are product-coherent, future-ready, operationally relevant, and align with customer and business needs Working closely with customers, programmes and industry partners, you will champion innovation, shape technology roadmaps and deliver modular, scalable force-enabled mission system architectures that support future naval capability and secure export success.Core duties:Define and lead enterprise mission system architectures and candidate design solutions across maritime platforms and programmes.Oversee integration of combat, sensor, communications, platform and autonomous system capabilities.Provide strategic technical authority, governance and assurance for architectural decisions and reviews.Drive innovation in open architectures, digital engineering, AI, autonomy, and emerging technologies.Influence customers, partners and suppliers to align strategic architectural direction.Lead and develop multidisciplinary architecture and systems engineering teams, periodically deputising for the Chief Engineer