Consultant - Electrical Engineering

Consultant Electrical Engineering

Are you at the forefront of thought leadership in Electrical Engineering and interested in working on the complex submarine platform? If so, we currently have a vacancy for a Consultant Electrical Engineering at our site in Barrow-in-Furness within the Active Vehicle Control (AVC) team.

As a Consultant Electrical Engineering, you will harness a breadth of technical knowledge across industry and networks, spearhead technical solutions with a team of professional engineers to ensure key deliverables are reached.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to be a Subject Matter Expert, working with industry leading practices and helping set the way ahead to ensure platform capability.

Your main responsibilities as a Consultant Electrical Engineering will involve:

Responsible for influencing controller development activities across the three associated BAE SYSTEMS sites. This will require close working with the Warton & Rochester based teams to ensure all aspects of submarine hydrostatic & hydrodynamic control are considered throughout the design process

Assisting with ensuring the quality and fitness for purpose of the technical solution and engineering aspects of the AVC

Undertaking a key role regarding the development of a "state of the art" whole boat manoeuvring solution

Assisting with directing the Controller Development Team, to deliver a system to safely and efficiently control the submarine, within set time scales and budgetary constraints

Responsible for ensuring that all boat controllers verification and validation activities are considered and comprehended and planned for throughout test and commissioning activities (including the SIF)

Providing support to model validation activities

Developing and maintaining a strong working relationship with stakeholders to further the understanding and capability of the wider submarine manoeuvring community

Your skills and qualifications as a Consultant Electrical Engineering:

Experience in specifying, developing and implementing control algorithms

Experience in numerical modelling

Knowledge of toolsets eg. MATLAB, Simulink

Experience in verification and validation of control algorithms

Knowledge and understanding of whole platform control

Degree STEM/equivalent experience

PhD/Research & Development - desirable

What we're looking for in you:

As a consultant engineer you will be a credible point of contact for a network of professional engineers and thrive at the challenge of overcoming complexity to find a solution whilst inspiring others on their technical journey.

Location: Barrow-in-Furness

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world's leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

Maritime - Submarines

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.

The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.

Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

We have sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, Ash Vale, Broad Oak and Weymouth, and we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community which are currently under-represented at BAE Systems, including women, BAME and applicants with disabilities. Please note we will not use any personal information relating to your background at any stage of the application process.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.