Chief Systems Engineer

BAE Systems

📍 Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom

Full-time architecture-and-engineering Posted June 27, 2026

Job Description

Job Title: Chief Systems Engineer

Job Location: Rochester, Kent UK -Working Onsite

Salary: Up to £80,000 + bonus depending on experience

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.

Role Description:

An opportunity has arisen for a Chief Systems Engineer based at Rochester, within the Engineering organisation. The role is required to provide discipline expertise in the context of product realisation across the entire Engineering lifecycle and Rochester product portfolio.

Core Duties:

Ensure that systems engineering processes and approaches meet the needs of projects taking into acco...