Principal Engineer – Sonar
Job title: Principal Engineer-Sonar
Location: Filton, Weymouth, Frimley, BroadOak, We do offer a range flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: From £45,628+ dependant of skills and experience with car allowance
What you’ll be doing:
- Managing and delivering design baseline artefacts for the Common Combat System focussing on requirements and acceptance by the customer for the UWS sub-systems
- Managing design change and design improvement from existing platform baselines to ensure system functionality future platforms.
- Being involved in design reviews, including those with ship builders, suppliers, and the customer.
- Liaising with internal and external customers to ensure system requirements are adequately supported through planning, installation, integration and trial activities
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Demonstrable Systems Engineering experience, including managing requirements and acceptance activities, systems design and integration
- An understanding of lifecycle management
- Previous experience/knowledge or Underwater Systems on a Submarine (e.g. experience in Sonar and Underwater Communication Systems).
- HNC / HND or equivalent qualification or experience
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Sonar Engineering Team:
Are you ready to play a vital role in advancing our state-of-the-art submarine programmes? We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Engineer to join our team at one of our sites in Filton, Frimley, Weymouth, or BroadOak.
As a Principal Engineer, you will be part of the Astute In-Build System Engineering team, contributing to the delivery of the Combat System Common Infrastructure design for the Astute submarine programme. Your work will span both upgrade projects and new equipment development at the combat system level, with a focus on Under Water Weapon Sensors. This position offers the chance to gain hands-on experience with combat system interfaces for surface and sub-surface sensors. It’s a unique opportunity to work on a high-profile engineering programme, engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including the Ministry of Defence.
We are committed to supporting your journey and offer comprehensive relocation packages across all Submarines roles, subject to 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: 11th February 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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