Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

Job title: Principal Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton or Manchester (2 days minimum on site per fortnight.) We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing:  

• Review supplier documentation
• Bring design to test facility, bringing equipment to life and setting to work
• Overseeing Verification and validation activities to ensure alignment with the technical requirements, supporting the integrations and testing phases as needed
• Identifying opportunities for risk mitigation and capturing evidence that requirements have been fulfilled
• Working closely in collaboration with test engineers and equipment designers to define, document, and refine system requirements
• Assisting in the development of operational scenarios and capturing the within the requirements set to ensure that all functional and operational needs are met
• Ensuring that all requirements and engineering activities comply with engineering management plans and industry best practices
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Experience in developing a C&I design for a large scale C&I system ensuring it meets a wide range of requirements, such as functional, defence standards, industrial standards, etc.
• Experience with managing non-functional requirements (i.e. EMC, shock, etc.) meeting industrial compliance
• Experience of authoring and/or reviewing design documents, such as I/O schedules, functional design specification, functional chronicle, interface control document, etc.
• Proficiency in systems engineering methodologies, particularly in requirements development, V&V planning, and interface control
• Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/ Physics/ Maths/ Science)

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 Electrical Compatibility Test Facility team:

As a Principal Engineer, you will be involved in the verification and validation of the power system through compatibility testing of equipment and power system analysis. You’ll be part of a wider multidisciplinary electrical team who’s responsible for delivery a high integrity electrical power system. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 April 2025

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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