Senior Mission Systems Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Location: Warton – Hybrid – 3 days per week in office, depending on business needs – Travel overseas and UK travel, covered with expenses

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

Salary: £49,900+ (DOE)

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll support the development of the next-generation Mission Enablement System, contributing across the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture through design, development and implementation
• As part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, you’ll support and, where appropriate, support activities including concept development, system architecture, requirements management, design and modelling, testing, safety assessments, cyber security, and qualification and certification
• You’ll facilitate and contribute to team meetings, including daily stand-ups and Agile reviews, and support effective backlog and workflow coordination using tools such as JIRA
• You’ll provide guidance and day-to-day support to less experienced Systems Engineers, including apprentices, helping them develop their technical capability
• You’ll oversee the creation and review of engineering documentation that underpins the Systems Engineering process, ensuring accuracy and alignment to standards
• You’ll support approximately two direct reports, providing direction, feedback and ongoing development support

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• You’ll hold a degree in a STEM subject, or bring relevant experience that demonstrates equivalent knowledge
• You’ll have experience working within a systems engineering environment and across the engineering lifecycle, with familiarity in MBSE methods and tools such as UML, SysML, MoDAF, CAMEO or Matlab
• You’ll have experience contributing to the development of mission systems
• You’ll be comfortable engaging with a range of stakeholders and building effective working relationships
• You’ll hold a UK driving licence, or be working towards obtaining one

Desirable:

• You’ll bring broad systems knowledge across multiple disciplines
• Experience working in an Agile environment would be beneficial
• Experience supporting or mentoring others would be advantageous
• You’ll be comfortable presenting technical information clearly to different audiences

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 Systems Mission Enablement Team:

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) MSDT is responsible for delivering advanced mission systems engineering capabilities to our tri-lateral customers while developing and evolving the technologies that will safeguard the UK, Italy and Japan for generations. You will be part of the Mission Systems Mission Enablement team delivering the Assessment Phase of the GCAP programme. The team uses an agile work planning process to develop mission system concept options, architectures and designs for the various components of GCAP. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to support into more senior positions within a global business.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll 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 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: 5th March 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.