Principal Engineer - Systems Engineering (Infrastructure)

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

Salary: £47,271+ depending on skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with SH to develop new arrangements and improve existing processes and ways of working.
• Support the effective implementation of new and revised arrangements and processes across the organisation.
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of implementation activity to ensure changes are embedded successfully.
• Develop and deliver training sessions, briefings, and guidance to support understanding and compliance.
• Deliver clear and engaging educational briefings tailored to different audiences.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple functional areas to ensure a consistent and joined-up approach.
• Build effective working relationships with key stakeholders to support communication and shared objectives.
• Help identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share best practice.

Your skills and experiences

Essential:

• Qualified in a STEM discipline at degree level.
• Proven experience in Quality or Assurance roles within engineering or technical environments.
• Good understanding of Systems Engineering principles and practices.
• Experience in stakeholder management, building relationships and communicating effectively across functional areas.
• Experience in developing, documenting, and improving processes; ability to write clear, practical process documentation.
• Knowledge of management systems and their application in a professional environment.
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry and understanding compliance requirements.
• Awareness of engineering practices and terminology, particularly in site or systems engineering contexts.

Desirable:

• Experience with requirements management applications.
• Experience in process improvement or business management engineering within an engineering setting.

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 team

The team operates within functional governance, focusing on the development and management of processes and arrangements that support site engineering and systems engineering activities. Acting as a key point of contact for requirements management and internal SH management, the team works collaboratively across multiple functional areas to ensure consistent, efficient, and compliant operations. They play a vital role in process development, business management engineering, and implementing management systems within a highly regulated environment, supporting continuous improvement and the delivery of high-quality engineering outcomes.

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 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 6th February 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.