Solutions Architect/Consultant Engineer

Job title: Solutions Architect/Consultant Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive Depending on skills and experience

What you will be doing:

• Provide technical design guidance across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring best practices and optimal solutions
• Undertake independent cross-system design governance, ensuring alignment with standards and goals
• Define and drive technology strategy, anticipating future developments
• Develop resolution strategies for complex technical challenges, mitigating risks and ensuring smooth project execution
• Act as the Technical Authority, providing expert sign-off and accountability for critical design and implementation decisions

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Data Networking, Communication Systems, Telephony, or Electronics
• Engineering degree or equivalent industry-recognised technical qualification
• Hands-on experience in the full product or data network development and deployment lifecycle

Desirable:

• Chartered Engineer status or an equivalent professional networking certification
• Previous experience in technical authority roles, including final design approval or technical sign-off

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 Network and Communications team:

The Network and Communications team is at the forefront of designing, developing, qualifying, procuring, and integrating cutting-edge systems that enhance platform performance. We collaborate closely with key suppliers to drive product innovation and qualification, support wider engineering teams to ensure seamless system integration, and assist build teams in the successful deployment of our products.

Our work spans a broad spectrum—from detailed engineering design and technical justification to hands-on testing in dedicated environments, where we rigorously validate our equipment’s performance.

As a tight-knit, multidisciplinary team, we are committed to fostering a collaborative and supportive environment, where we continuously learn from and develop one another to achieve engineering excellence.

With clear progression pathways and access to comprehensive internal and external training, this is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills, expand your expertise, and advance your career within a world-class engineering organisation. 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: 3rd 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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