Principal Systems Engineer

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Manchester or Coventry.

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £56k per annum

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with engineers across the electrical team to define, document, and refine system requirements
• Inputting and maintaining requirements within DOORS as the primary tool, ensuring traceability and consistency
• Contributing to and supporting Enterprise Architect modelling
• Developing and maintaining Interface Control Document
• Overseeisng V&V activities to ensure alignment with the technical requirements, identifying opportunities for risk mitigation and capturing evidence that requirements have been fulfilled
• Assisting in the development of operational scenarios and capturing these within the requirements set to ensure that all functional and operational needs are met
• Ensuring that all requirements and engineering activities comply with engineering management plans and industry best practices

Your skills and experiences:

• Electrical systems engineering experience, with a focus on requirements development, systems integration would be preferred but not essential
• Experience in requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS) and EA modelling for structured representation of system elements
• Proficiency in systems engineering methodologies, particularly in requirements development, V&V planning, and interface control
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline. Or equivalent qualification

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 Electrical Verification Team:

As part of the Electrical Verification Team, you will be involved in the verification and validation of the power system through compatibility testing of equipment and power system analysis. You’ll be part of a wider multidisciplinary electrical team who’s responsible for delivery a high integrity electrical power system.

As a Principal Electrical Systems Engineer, you will be instrumental in shaping the development and integration of requirements for our electrical systems. 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: 4th March 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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