BAE Systems Engineering Manager reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

99% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Engineering Manager employees have rated BAE Systems with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineering Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. BAE Systems is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Engineering Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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38 reviews
4.0
Jun 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity, quality of work standards

Cons

Politics and too over administrative policy and procedures

4.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunities to work on some fantastic products and with some really great people. Good work life balance and flexibility with hybrid working

Cons

Salary structure needs an overhaul from top to bottom. Annual variance in pay rises between lower levels (professional and manual staff) and middle management (executives) is consistently a cause for concern for those in middle management roles as the executive reward package degrades year on year when compared with those in the professional and manual roles who are represented by a union, therefore generally receive higher percentage salary increases and also receive paid overtime, despite generally working fewer hours than executives on average. However, executive bonus scheme is pretty good - although as per most company bonus schemes it is wholly dependent on company financial targets and individual performance.

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