Principal Physical Integration Engineer in Glasgow

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

Salary: Up to £57,000 (depending on skills and experience).

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide dedicated technical guidance and support across the Combat Systems teams.
• Maintaining effective partnerships with a wide variety of Internal and External stakeholders including customers, and other internal technical teams.
• Contributing to a team based working environment, deputising for Engineering Manager when required.
• Identifying and prioritising tasks towards an agreed overall objective.
• Innovating when defining solutions to minimise project risk and maximise likelihood of successful implementation.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience of Physical and Functional integration of a Combat System.
• Previous involvement in complex programmes with a strong understanding of Change Management & Zonal Review processes.
• Understanding of System Engineering design Lifecycle within a Naval Environment.
• Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.
• Applicants should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution.

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 BAE Systems River Class Destroyer (RDC) Combat Systems Team are responsible for the Physical Integration of the Combat Systems for the RCD project. Tailoring the Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS) design to meet the needs of and deliver capability to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Currently the project is focused on concluding the design, finalising modelling and preparing production outputs as we step through design reviews and BAE zonal review processes.

In this role you will have the opportunity to work on a fast-paced project collaborating across industry partners on cutting edge technology to conclude design work whilst also being enabled to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 23rd February 2026. Interviews for this position will take place W/C 2nd March. 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.