Electrical Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-site

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience

What Youll Be Doing

• Liaising with internal customers as required to foster collaborative working relationships and ensure requirements are adequately articulated, understood and met
• Installation of a variety of different instrumentation around site that captures our customers needs
• Fault finding and repairing of legacy equipment
• Work with BAE Systems supply chain department and equipment suppliers to deliver equipment that meets customer requirements
• Where appropriate support factory acceptance trial attendance and submarine system trials and analyse trial results when required
• Undertake peer reviews or checking/verification tasks as directed
• Provide support to the Certificate of Design activities
• Support the production of evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities

Essential

• Strong knowledge of Electrical and Electronic Principles
• Proficient in trouble shooting and repairing Complex instrumentation Systems
• Ability to read and Interpret technical/schematic drawings
• Demonstrable experience of defining and conducting test procedures.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

Desirable

• EngTech (or be able to satisfy requirements for EngTech)

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 Instrumentation Development Services (IDS) team

As an Electrical Instrumentation Engineer, you will provide support to the senior and principal engineers and/or external specialists during development of testing regimes and verification activities for platform electronic systems. You will be involved in analysis and production of technical reports supporting system verification. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where youll be able to make a real difference. Youll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where youll 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 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: 8th 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.