Engineering Manager – AVC (Systems Engineering)

Job Title: Engineering Manager – AVC (Systems Engineering)

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Frimley, Filton, Portsmouth, Coventry (Hybrid). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role.

Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Day to day support to the Senior Engineering Manager – Systems Engineering and Integration, deputising where requested
• Provide leadership and governance oversight of Design, Development, Implementation and Integrations of a safety critical Software intensive complex system
• Drive verification and Validation against all requirements
• Provide leadership and support to the System Team in maturing the delivery strategies in context of Whole Boat
• Lead the System Team and transversals in review and acceptance of deliverables
• Chair relevant workshops and working groups
• Liaise with internal and external customers as required to foster collaborative working relationships and ensure requirements are adequately articulated, understood and met
• Work with BAE Systems’ supply chain department and collaborate with partners to ensure a fit for purpose solution to the requirements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent in a STEM subject
• CEng (or be able to satisfy requirements for CEng)
• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle, through-out all phases of design and later phases
• Experience with System design verification e.g. calculations, modelling, analysis
• Planning and implementation of Test, verification and validation
• Experience of design, delivery and Justification of High integrity safety critical systems

Desirable

• Awareness of aircraft best practises ARP4754A, DO178, DO254 or equivalent
• Awareness of IEC61508 and DEF STAN 00-55/ 00-56

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The AVC Systems team:

You will be part of the AVC team that are responsible for the design, build, commissioning and operation of multiple testing capabilities and facilities. These capabilities will prove the operation and performance of the AVC systems that control submarine platform manoeuvrability. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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