{"id":1522413,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ultra-ic-systems-engineering-manager","title":"Systems Engineering Manager","company":{"id":1994689,"name":"Ultra I&C","domain":"ultra-ic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ultra-ic","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Maidenhead, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":90000,"max_usd":188000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":27},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-09T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T23:03:11Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":24,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":24},"description":"Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications\nCyber (UK) BusinessPowering Decision\nJoin the team redefining defense technology. From engineering systems that save lives to leading programs that change the battlefield-find your place in the future of defense.\nCyber Business\nOur Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.\nJob Description\n• Provision of engineering leadership and management of concurrent engineering to ensure that assigned projects and tasking are delivered to scope, cost and schedule.Responsible for the executing the engineering delivery of projects of a variety of sizes in accordance with business, management and technical processes.\nLead all project engineering activities and the team, aligned to ISO 15288 and ISO 24748 processes, defining and continuous implementation of a systems approach.\nEffectively delegate responsibilities, monitoring and managing progress to achieve the scope of the engineering to satisfaction of the budget, schedule and governance stakeholders.\n• Assure and govern the implementation and application of engineering in accordance with the agreed plans and processes.\nKey Responsibilities:\nOwn, lead and assure the execution of agreed scope of engineering for delivery of projects of a variety of sizes/scale.\nLeads, defines, delegates and monitors the tasking and the dependencies relating to engineering activities distributed cross the multi-discipline project team\nEnsure a systematic approach across all required disciplines in the project team, Supports the Program Management team in the planning and scheduling of their project; proposes optimisations to schedule logic that improve schedule.\nProactively working with wider business stakeholders, especially governance, to ensure processes are followed/tailored agreements are implemented upon and maintained.\nContinuous realisation of resource and dependency needs to permit upskills, supply and recruitment; working with the discipline leads to ensure that resource/capability requirements are agreed; provides input to longer term recruitment/supply strategy (skills and/or tooling gap identification etc.); adapts to manage resource problems on project to achieve budgets.\nEnsures that project engineering artefacts are delivered to an agreed governance level/maturity, to budget and schedule; seamlessly identifies and implements solutions to remedy overspend or schedule slip; strives to beat schedule and improve margin.\nQuickly and clearly raises resource concerns or any other project constraints risking value/success; proposes and manages solutions.\nArticulates and quantifies technical risks on the project; actively manages their mitigation to minimise risk to project within the schedule.\nCoordinates all engineering resources on the project; delegation of day-today tasking.\nProvides any input required for business and customer reporting; proposes improved means of monitoring and reporting (metrics); represents the company on their project with customers, suppliers and subcontractors.\nOversight of change, scoping the potential impact, risks, dependencies, benefits and costs. Working with stakeholders to achieve change agreements.\nEffectively resolves any concerns with other dependent functional domains (e.g. production engineering, test facilities); optimises business needs across all functions.\nWorking with the resource stakeholders to support development of the team via tasking opportunities and knowledge sharing, resulting in growth, greater efficiency and resilience.\nNot necessarily a technical expert, but sufficiently knowledgeable of the Systems Engineering life cycle and sufficiently technically competent to manage technical teams to completion of work packages.\nTo deliver the required value and contribute towards the growth of the business a suitable candidate for this role shall have:\nDemonstrate full knowledge of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, V and numerous development models (Iterative, Incremental etc)\nProven engineering management, technical leadership and mentoring skills, with experience of overseeing a team of a minimum of 10 multi-discipline engineers.\nExperience of strategy, planning and design of complex solutions, as either standalone capability or for integrating in/with other systems.\nConfident in quantifying Basis of Estimate costs for pursuits and change opportunities\nProven Systems Engineering techniques/methods, i.e modelling, to quantify and capture capability use and employment, resulting in a needs definition.\nIdentify project growth and development opportunities from internal and external influence.\nExperience engineering lifecycle tools and their use to manage the work, configuration management, traceability and support the generation of metrics.\nExcellent, multi method and tool, Customer/Stakeholder engagement skills and communication techniques\nExperienced in creating work breakdown structure, with a value basis, where the realisation of the required artefacts achieves internal process and external contract commitments.\nSupport external engagement, with travel, to both customer and supplier meetings, as the team lead and a key project/business representative.\nEnsure and assure the delivery of all agreed products throughout all Life Cycle phases across one or more assigned projects.\nHands-on expertise in a number of the following areas: Command & Control Defence systems, sensors, communications, encryption, land/maritime/airborne capability\nDemonstrable experience in delivery of proven regulated/legislation aligned solutions within UK Defence/Aerospace industry.\nAdditional Role requirements\nAble to travel within UK\nSignificant on-site presence to support classification of work and maximise team contribution\nValid Driving license\nHolding SC and willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.\nNotice\nDue to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance for the role. Due to the nature of our work, you must be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. For more information, please visit the UKSV website.\nOur Benefits\nEvery employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:\nParticipation in an Annual Bonus Scheme\n\nPrivate Medical Cover\n\n25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy an extra 5 days\n\nPension Contribution\n\n4 x Life Assurance Cover\n\nFlexible working hours with opportunity for a 1pm finish on a Friday\n\nFlexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more\n\nSecurity Clearance Allowance - where relevant and subject to you holding the required security clearance\n\nDiversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement\nAt Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible. 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