Mission Planning Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer  

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

Salary: £47,683+ Depending on skills and experience 

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop candidate requirements and generate system specifications against system capability route map objectives
• Proactively engaging with subject matter experts, and Aircrew operators, to review software specifications and design concepts
• Lead product testing and identify resolution plans for identified technical issues
• Support engineering activities leading to the qualification and certification of mission planning capability
• Lead technical reviews with internal and external suppliers
• Lead presentations and product demonstrations
• Lead project Engineering Lifecycle Management design review process
• Manage junior engineers to support their career development 

Your skills and experiences:

• Hold a degree or equivalent engineering qualification alongside an engineering background
• Experience of taking design requirements and deriving requirements into tangible engineering solutions
• Experience of working with operators, subject matter experts and engineers to resolve engineering problems 
• Desirable:        
• Eurofighter Typhoon ground system and associated mission data knowledge would be highly desirable

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 Mission Planning Systems team:

Join a dedicated team of systems engineers, software experts, and aircrew operators developing cutting-edge capabilities for the Sceptre Mission Planning System. This team enhances mission effectiveness by evolving aircraft functionality and delivering innovative planning solutions. As a senior engineer, you will collaborate across the engineering lifecycle, working on impactful projects while engaging with suppliers in Yeovil, and potentially traveling across the UK and the Middle East. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of mission planning systems.

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: 2^nd 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.

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