Engineering Manager – Systems

Engineering Manager - Systems

Vacancy Reference: CLA- 423

Position:
Full-time

Location:

Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Salary: £80,000+ DOE

At Callen-Lenz, we are expanding the limits of what is possible. We specialise in crewed and uncrewed aircraft operations and technology and having recently received investment into the business we are going through a period of rapid growth and development and are looking for key roles to assist with these changes. Callen-Lenz offers innovative and customer-focused UAS solutions through our 4 key business strands: technical services, products, platforms and operational services.

We are looking for individuals to help drive forward our expansion, placing you at forefront of UAS development in the UK.

Our Values

• Innovation
• Integrity
• Collaboration
• Excellence

Based in the heart of rural Wiltshire, close to the Historic city of Salisbury you will join our rapidly growing, friendly and multi-disciplined team, working on a range of diverse and interesting projects, leading the way in this exciting field and witnessing the full lifecycle of our products. The Callen-Lenz team are passionate about what we do, and we are searching for individuals to grow with us as we expand into the aerospace industry.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Buy/Sell holiday policy up to 5 days either way
• Pension Scheme via Royal London
• Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.
• Green Car Scheme
• Life assurance scheme (6x basic salary)
• Income protection policy (75% of basic salary)
• Private Health Insurance via Bupa
• Private Dental insurance via Bupa
• Enhanced Maternity and paternity
• 1 Professional membership reimbursed per year
• 1 paid volunteering day per year
• Access to an independent financial advisor year round
• Training & development opportunities

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will manage the growth of the Systems Engineering department and champion the use of systems thinking practices across the business. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining systems engineering principles and tools across delivery teams, and for the pastoral care and career development for the growing department.

Lead the Systems Engineering department, including:

• Guide, or lead where appropriate, the department in their technical duties.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve the Systems Engineering processes, tools, templates, and ways of working, aligned to standards where appropriate (such as ARP
  4754, ISO
  15288).
• Champion a strong engineering culture that promotes systems thinking, cross-disciplinary collaboration, professional standards, and safe, compliant ways of working.
• Introduce, where appropriate, Model Based Systems Engineering processes and tools.
• Build organisational capability through recruitment / headcount growth, training, knowledge transfer, and succession planning to create a Systems Engineering department aligned to business needs.
• Lead major technical reviews and assurance activities to ensure performance, safety, and airworthiness of delivered systems.
• Support the delivery streams in ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of core Systems Engineering outputs, including requirements baselines, requirements-to-design mapping, product breakdown structures, V&V plans, verification cross-reference matrices, and system test reporting.

• Allocate and prioritise systems engineers across delivery streams based on programme priorities and project demand signals.
• Provide technical oversight to ensure requirements are complete, traceable, testable, and robustly flowed down into subsystem design, integration, test, and acceptance activities.
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term capability development and sustainability of the function.
• Work with Project Managers to forecast resource demand, identify constraints, and resolve conflicts across competing programmes.
• Maintain clear visibility of department allocation, utilisation, and skills coverage to ensure effective execution.
• Act as escalation point for delivery risks relating to systems engineering…