Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)
- Employer
- BAE Systems
- Location
- Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 18 Feb 2025
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- Discipline
- Aerospace & Aeronautical
- Sector
- Aerospace & Aviation
- Job Type
- Engineer
Job Details
Job Description
Job title: Principal Control & Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Portsmouth, or Weymouth. (Travel to Barrow 3-4 times per month will be required). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Competitive
What you’ll be doing:
Equipment specification and analysis, Part and BOM creation
Understanding our customers’ challenging needs and developing, validating and managing requirements
Working with system owners, suppliers and the customer to support manufacture and delivery of C&I equipment
Developing C&I systems and test systems while providing evidence of fitness for purpose
Compilation of technical system documentation and schematics to include system design, functional design, validation and verification, test, qualification and manufacture contracts
Integrating systems containing electronic, mechanical and software sub-systems, understanding the potential impact on the whole boat and interfacing systems
Verifying that customer needs are satisfied through qualification and test activities
Lead technical work packages managing design and deliverable evidence
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
Understanding of C&I systems design and demonstrable career experience with these systems
Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/ Physics/ Maths/ Science)
Knowledge of the system engineering lifecycle with ability to apply good systems engineering practices to your work
Experience with leading and coaching others
Chartered engineer or working towards this level
Desirable
Awareness of Defence Standards and Industry standards for example IEC 61508 / 61511, ARP 4754, DO-178C / DO-254
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 Integration, Instrumentation and Controls equipment (I&ICE) team:
As a Principal (C&I) Engineer you will be working in a sub systems engineering team, helping us to design, develop, integrate, manage and support control systems for in-service/future submarines. You will be working within the Active Vehicle Control (AVC) team on high integrity control systems that control the submarine platform manoeuvrability elements. This role will involve employing niche and novel technologies onto the submarine platform which hasn’t been done before. You will be working with the design, integration and testing of safety critical control systems, associated equipment, and facilities. 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: 18th February 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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