Principal Electrical Engineer Control & Instrumentation Portsmouth
Job Title: Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, or Portsmouth – (2 days minimum on site per fortnight.) We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Negotiable depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Develop and manage requirements and acceptance criteria specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme
- Understand the contractual and performance requirements for various systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities
- Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including: diagrams; technical specifications; supporting calculations; design evidence and justifications
- Review relevant supplier documentation and ensure it is captured and recorded appropriately
- Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for various systems
Your Skills and Experience:
Essential- Experience in developing a C&I design for a large scale C&I system ensuring it meets a wide range of requirements, such as functional, defence standards, industrial standards, etc.
- Experience with managing non-functional requirements (i.e. EMC, shock, etc.) meeting industrial compliance
- Experience of authoring and/or reviewing design documents, such as I/O schedules, functional design specification, functional chronicle, interface control document, etc.
- Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/ Physics/ Maths/ Science)
- Understanding of control system architecture and communication protocols (i.e. RS-485, PROFIBUS)
- History in IEC 61508 – Functional Safety (or similar) and production of supporting evidence to substantiate safety claims
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 Submarine Solutions Team: