Principal Systems Engineer
Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Frimley, Portsmouth Broadoak, Weymouth or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Negotiable dependent on experience
What you'll be doing:
- Understanding and interpreting the User Needs, Concept of Operations, Concept of Use and deriving the technical and functional requirements for specific C2 systems
- Provide specialist knowledge and subject matter expertise to develop the functional design of C2 systems. Be able to define the systems architecture, components, interfaces and data to enable the development and production of the component sub systems
- Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority
- Understand the contractual and performance requirements for C2 systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities
- Understand and support the flow-down of requirements to suppliers and acceptance of their specific deliverables, ensuring it is captured and recorded appropriately
- Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for C2 systems ul>
Your skills and experiences:
- Knowledge of C2(Command and Control) systems in the maritime defence domain with a comprehensive understanding of how such systems and associated activities interact with the overall platform
- Platform experience in an operational, build, trials or in-service support environment along with a gained understanding of the operational needs and requirements of a Combat System
- Model Based Systems Engineering knowledge and/ or experience
- Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle with some experience of operating in a number of phases ul>
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 Command and Control team:
This is a great time to join the team and be heavily involved with some of our most key stakeholders on one of our largest and most complex programmes to date within defence. You'll have a brilliant chance to understand our partnership technology and feed into the designs.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: 17th April 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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