Software Engineering Manager - Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)

<p><b>Date Posted:</b></p><span>2026-08-06 </span><p><b>Country:</b></p>United <span>Kingdom </span><p><b>Location:</b></p>Harlow, <span>Essex </span><p><b>Position Role Type:</b></p>Onsite<p></p><p></p><div><div><p><b><span>Software Engineering Manager (ATMS)</span></b></p></div><div><p><b>Harlow</b></p></div><div><p><b><span>Perm</span><span>anent</span><span>, full time</span></b></p></div><div><p><b><span>Hybrid</span></b><span> </span>(min 3 days a week on site)</span></span></p></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><b><span>Benefits:</span></b><span> </span></p></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>£:<span> </span></span><span>Competitive salary</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Company bonus scheme (discretionary)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health<span> </span></span><span>Cashplan</span><span>, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Enhanced sick pay</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity &amp; shared parental leave</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><b><span>Work Culture</span></b><span> </span></p></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job<span> </span></span><span>requirement</span><span><span> </span>or site-specific arrangements.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Remote,<span> </span></span><span>hybrid</span><span><span> </span>and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role. </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year. </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team. </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><b><span>About us</span></b><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.</span></span><span><span> </span></span><br/> </p></div></div><p>As a key member of the Engineering Leadership Team, the successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary software engineering team, delivering innovative software solutions and technical expertise to military and civil customers worldwide. The role is accountable for engineering execution, software architecture governance, delivery performance, capability development, and the strategic direction of software technologies across the business.</p><p></p><p>This position combines software delivery leadership, technical excellence, people development, and strategic capability growth within a complex, safety-critical operational environment. The successful candidate will have access to a range of professional development opportunities and will play an important role in the continued growth and success of Raytheon UK's engineering capability.</p><p>The role is based at Raytheon's Harlow facility and reports directly to the Head of Engineering for the ATMS Business.</p><p></p><p><b>Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li>Managing the ATMS Software Engineering team across programmes, product developments and R&amp;D activities.</li><li>Providing leadership, coaching, mentoring, and career development for software engineers.</li><li>Leading preparation of technical proposals, software estimates, and technical responses to bids.</li><li>Leading software architecture, design and development activities with internal and external partners.</li><li>Driving Agile delivery, DevSecOps principles and CI/CD practices.</li><li>Establishing software engineering standards, governance, and metrics.</li><li>Leading software integration, verification, validation, and release activities.</li><li>Collaborating with System