Consultant Engineer Systems Engineering (Architecture)

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: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Support to the Dreadnought Head of Engineering (Integration) the development of robust and coherent engineering strategies throughout the Systems Integration lifecycle.
• Acting as the delegated Technical Authority for the Whole Boat Systems Integration team on behalf of the DN Office-of-the-Chief Engineer.
• Support to the Design Policies work stream and assessment of the impact on the overall system performance due to non-compliance with any of these design policies.
• Support to the Head of Engineering (Integration) key technical issues and decisions.
• Support into DN programme LCM Reviews, Design Reviews, ISTG events, and key Working Groups.
• Provide domain expertise in SE and MBSE in support of the DN programme engineering delivery.
• Design Review Assessor, providing independent review of product design and assurance of compliance with Life Cycle Management, Engineering and product safety policies.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Systems Engineering, MBSE, Systems Architecture, Integration, Verification, and Validation (IVV).
• A background in a relevant High assurance / high hazard engineering industry.
• Experience of the use of Model Based Systems Engineering in the design, implementation, Verification, and Validation of complex, software-intensive systems.
• Chartered Engineer Status or working towards with an appropriate institution such as INCOSE, IET or IMechE.
• Degree in relevant STEM subject.

Desirable:

• Sub systems domain knowledge.
• Product safety experience.

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 Dreadnaught Integration Team:

The team ensures the highly integrated software, intensive systems on Dreadnaught are brought together to deliver assured platform functionality. This role provides system engineering, IVV, and MBSE expert to ensure our approaches are technically robust, based on sound up to date LFE best practice and modern relevant standards in support of overarching requirements or technical assurance. Additionally, the role acts as the delegated technical authority, on matters of systems integration on behalf of the office of the Chief engineer.

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: 12 December 2024

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.