Senior Systems Integration Engineer

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54,793 – £60,326 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you will be doing:

• As a Systems Integration Engineer, you will use your sound engineering knowledge and experience to propose and develop solutions to problems throughout our product development cycle.
• You will play a key role in bringing components and systems together to form a System of Systems.
• You will manage aspects of engineering, delivering them to exacting standards through ensuring good engineering governance.
• You will understand and manage the maturity of our engineering solutions as they develop, and you will take corrective action to ensure our products are the best they can be.
• You can specialise in areas such as System Architecting, System Design, Configuration Control, Requirements Management or Qualification.
• You will lead the integration of engineering across all aspects of Air platforms & products, covering all stages in the engineering lifecycle – from concept to delivery.
• You will take a leading role interfacing with our customers, understanding their requirements and keeping them involved during product development.
• You’ll be able to influence a diverse and highly skilled community of engineers, whilst also interfacing with non-engineering functions across the business.
• You will oversee integration of systems at all lifecycle stages as well as ensuring our engineering product meets expected standards.
• You will work with our engineering leads to propose, develop and deliver engineering products and solutions that meet our customer’s needs.
• You will be involved in increasing and enhancing our engineering capability, through evaluating and implementing new tools and processes fit for the future.
• You’ll be inquisitive, exploring new and unique ways of working, thinking outside the box to deliver innovative solutions and embracing new tools and technologies.
• You will be at the forefront of transforming the way we engineer our products, with new and exciting tools entering the market.

Your skills and experiences:

• Essential: Degree educated in a STEM discipline or HND/HNC with sound experience of the Engineering Lifecycle.
• Evidence based experience in an engineering integration environment (Applicants encouraged from Aerospace, Automotive, Rail and Nuclear Industries).
• Experience of Model Based Engineering approaches and the supporting methods and toolsets (Teamcenter PLM, DOORs, CAMEO, MATLAB, ANSYS).
• Evidence based experience of management responsibilities, managing teams and senior stakeholders.

• Desirable: Accreditation to the International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE), or equivalent body / institute, is desirable but not essential.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Systems Integration Team:

We are looking for experienced Systems Integration Engineers, Technical Managers and Capability Development Engineers to complement our highly skilled and growing teams, working on cutting edge air defence projects. A career in Engineering Integration affords a fantastic opportunity to build on your solid engineering experience and to develop your career. Our Engineering Integration leads manage complex engineering projects through all stages in their lifecycle, from concept to delivery. We lead the integration of systems to deliver high quality engineering solutions that meet our customer’s needs. A role in Engineering Integration will provide a broad understanding of our Engineering activities and offer the opportunity to work across many of the business functions and engineering disciplines that are necessary to design and develop our Systems of System platforms. Career progression and development is encouraged within the team and the wider business.

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: 31st January 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.