Senior Mission & Info Systems Engineer in Bristol

Location: Filton – Hybrid 3 days minimum on site per week

Salary: £50,470

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Senior Mission & Information Systems Engineer, you will coordinate activities across delivery teams to ensure effective execution. You will lead the Logical Domain, delivering mission system capabilities with a focus on simulation for training and mission rehearsal. You will develop and present design options, produce design documentation, and create system models to progress concepts into deliverable solutions. Your role involves designing and delivering integrated aircraft mission systems aligned to programme requirements, ensuring robust, high-quality outcomes.

Core duties:

• Coordinate teams and oversee Mission Systems ETS (Training Systems) simulation for training and rehearsal
• Produce design review artefacts to required maturity
• Ensure regular inputs to management and technical reviews
• Collaborate with partners on models and designs using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Oversee Air System Specification, including requirements flow
• Manage risks, critical decisions, issues, and recovery actions
• Deliver outputs, support reviews, and engage cross-discipline stakeholders
• Support and guide junior engineers in daily tasks

Essential Skills:

• Proven experience leading and managing teams
• Degree OR HNC in a relevant STEM subject (Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Maths, or Science)
• Experience in aerospace or a similar engineering/technology industry
• Good systems engineering and lifecycle knowledge
• Ability to research and apply system design data to complex problems
• Knowledge/experience in mission systems and simulation tools

The Mission Systems Engineering Integration Team:

You will join a newly established multi-site team focused on the design and implementation of aircraft mission systems. You will be understanding requirements and liaising with suppliers (e.g. radar and equipment providers), as well as collaborating with internal engineering delivery teams, including software, systems, electrical, weapons, and structural design functions.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 26th June 2026

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.