WSSR Systems Engineer

Job title: Weapons System Support Rig Systems Engineer

Location: RAF Coningsby

Salary: £33,044

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide technical support and maintenance for the Weapons System Support Rig (WSSR) primary and secondary customers
• Fault investigation to OEM technical training levels. Product familiarity such that technical issues with the product can be discussed with the necessary stakeholders to ensure technical issues are fully understood
• Develop a working relationship with the customer community such that working with that customer within their domain is a positive experience that continues to enhance the relationship
• Provision of investigation status updates to senior systems engineers and the WSSR manager
• Ensure faults are correctly prioritised and reported
• Manage the recovery action following a refrigerant leak, coordinating with the on base fire section and other stakeholders
• Identification of improvement opportunities for existing maintenance processes and procedures
• Production of maintenance and test processes and procedures

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Understanding of Typhoon avionic/electrical and weapons systems
• Basic understanding of Electronic Warfare, RADAR and associated technologies
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and be able to communicate technical information eloquently and with ease

Desirable:

• Experience of operating Avionics System Integration/Weapon System Support Rigs.
• Knowledge of safety standards, processes and certification

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 WSSR team:

The Weapon Systems Support Rig or ‘WSSR’ is a fully integrated Typhoon aircraft avionics system (including Radar, DASS and Weapons). Comprising a Typhoon cockpit and aircraft LRIs hosted in a simulated environment the WSSR rig is ‘flown’ as a real aircraft for software and mission data “hardware in the loop” testing.

The BAESYSTEMS team support varied testing by the customer from trialling new software and hardware ahead of fleet implementation, to recreating aircraft faults reported in flight by pilots, to mission data validation and weapons testing.

The BAE WSSR team are responsible for maintenance and support of the rig, to ensure it is always available for the customer. As an engineer you will be expected to make use of your experience, training and knowledge of Typhoon to both diagnose and then produce a fix for the in-depth faults that can occur on the rig. You’ll also be expected to interface with the customer on a daily basis as well as our back office team at Warton.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 12th June 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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