Engineer – Systems – T26 GEO

Job Description

Job title: Systems Engineer

Location: Portsmouth or Frimley

Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the implementation of system design changes
• General systems engineering activities across the engineering lifecycle
• Perform specific systems engineering activities in support of the project phase, predominantly on the right-hand side of the engineering lifecycle V-Model, with a particular focus on testing, integration and commissioning
• Act as a point of contact with customers and/or suppliers in assigned areas on engineering matters, to resolve relatively complex problems and issues and to maintain awareness in both parties of priorities and objectives
• Provide input to support the production of progress and quality reporting tools and metrics
• Make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority
• Maintaining a level of SQEP for the role through personal and professional development

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Knowledge of integrating software and hardware systems
• Can work in stand-alone situations and as part of a team
• Knowledge of system engineering principals and concepts

Desirable:

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
• Experience of integrating systems

Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.  

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 Systems Engineering team:

As a Systems Engineer, you will be required to perform general systems engineering activities, which may include requirements development and management, modelling and simulation, design activities, integration, and verification and validation. You will have the opportunity to work with new weapons and equipment and have the possibility of career progression.

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: 10^th January 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.