Combat Systems Functional Integration Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Combat Systems Functional Integration Engineer

Location: Scotstoun    Alternative Locations: Filton and Portsmouth

Salary: Up to £63,165 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

·       Lead a team of integration engineers to act as the primary integration representatives with each delivery team, providing technical leadership and guidance to ensure that outputs from the supplier programmes will deliver the required input for the integration programmes

·       Proactively assess the forward integration programme to estimate the work required to be undertaken by the team and monitor progress towards key milestones

·       Design and development of integration strategies, trials requirements and trials plans for land based testing, harbour trials and sea trials for each system

·       Observe the conduct of integration activities, where specified in the CS Integration Strategy, and collate evidence to contribute to achievement of CS acceptance

·       Ensure that the collection of trials data will satisfy requirements set as assurance /acceptance milestones and the evidence required to clear the vessel for going to sea

·       Develop and support the build and/or capability upgrade/insertion activities for designated equipment in the T26 Land Based Integration Facility (LBIF) and onboard

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

·       Experience in engineering or a defence related industry

·       Good working experience in more than one phase of Life Cycle Management, with sufficient experience of the total LCM to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues

·       Proven track record of leading effort in functional integration, interface management, trials planning and understanding how Systems of Systems thinking applies to Combat System integration and trials in the maritime

·       Ability to generate Integration Strategies and Trials documentation from Requirements, Interface Specifications and other Supplier

Desirable:

·       Knowledge of Def-Stan 21-88 implementation and risk based integration approach

·       Knowledge of the Type 23, Type 45 Destroyer Combat System, CVF Mission System, or similar, and their integration approaches

·       Understanding of the need to capture and maintain data generated for use by the project and the tools and techniques so used, particularly database centric toolsets

·       Appreciation of wider RN platform design and principles of operation

Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution. Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation. Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.

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 Integration Test and Trials Team – T26 programme Team:

In this role you will provide technical leadership and guidance as the team lead for T26 Combat System (CS) Functional Integration, monitoring the team outputs to ensure they meet the needs of the programme.

Design and development of integration strategies, trials requirements and trials plans for land based testing, Ship harbour trials and sea trials, ensuring that demonstration of formal requirements and exercising of system behaviour are all suitably covered

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 1^st December 2023. Interview dates 4^th, 5^th, 11^th,13^th December.

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.

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