Test Systems Engineer

Job Title: Test Systems Engineer

Location: Rochester

Salary: £43,000 – £53,000 Depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Working in a team environment with the development of Test Equipment solutions that support the complex and demanding requirements of the diverse variety of Products developed at the Rochester site.
• Understanding customer needs and collaborating to develop, validate and manage requirements
• Co-operative engagement in teams to understand our customers’ needs, specify, design and develop unique test systems using best practice
• Developing Test systems solutions using a formal Engineering approach that maximises reuse and reduces risk
• Integration, analysis and test of test equipment containing multiple technical disciplines, such as electronic, mechanical, optical and software sub-systems

Your skills and experience:

Essential:

• Proven experience developing systems in relevant product markets and/or domains, such as control systems, real time displays, embedded software or safety related systems, using design methodologies such as agile product development
• Experience of conducting Engineering investigations and fault isolation
• Experience of developing theoretical electronic and/or software-based designs, including design analysis, modelling or simulation

Desirable:

• Experience of Test Equipment design
• Proven experience in requirements management, analysis, modelling and/or simulation, using tools such as Siemens Polarion, DOORS®, CAMEO, Enterprise Architect, MATLAB and/or Simulink

The Test Systems Engineering Team:

As part of the Test Systems team at BAE Systems Rochester, you will be working on active projects developing full system solutions used to test and simulate various avionic systems. Test Systems provides equipment used to develop and test components such as Head-Up Displays, mission and flight control computers, and flight controls.

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 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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