Principal Systems Engineer

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer

Salary: Circa £67,000 dependent on skills and experience
Location: Broad Oak, New Malden, Frimley – Hybrid/flexible working arrangements available

What you’ll be doing

• Ensuring that the FTEWA TDP (Force Threat Evaluation & Weapon Assignment, Technical Demonstrator Programme) solution meets the product vision, interpreting product requirements, making and documenting high-level design decisions, and specifying the technical solution

• Producing software design artefacts, including:

  • Analysis of System and Software requirements

  • System specification

  • Internal and external interface definition

  • Identifying and managing technical risk

  • Sell-off of product requirements

• Following and supporting the DevSecOps approach to development, including:

  • Coordinating design activity across component design and architectural features

  • Identifying which elements of the design are being brought into the next Sprint(s) and ensuring sufficient maturity in the design

• Ensuring system and software design integrity and safety meets the required maturity and quality for the FTEWA TDP product

• Technical assurance of engineering outputs, including detailed designs, interface specifications, and qualification evidence

Your skills and experiences

Essential:

• System and Software Design

• Ability to manage complex technical issues and make engineering judgements based on own knowledge and experience

• Hands-on knowledge of Enterprise Architect

• Experience of operating within the Agile software development methodology (DevSecOps)

• Experience of the Azure cloud computing environment

• Knowledge and experience of:

  • Requirements Analysis

  • Configuration Management

  • Human Factors

  • Interface Analysis

  • Performance Analysis

  • Product Safety

Qualifications:

• Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects

• Specific academic or professional qualifications and recognition as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate professional institution are encouraged

• Preference given to candidates who are already professionally registered

Benefits

• Competitive pension scheme

• Employee share plans

• Flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including:

  • Green car scheme

  • Private health plans

  • Shopping discounts

• Eligibility for annual incentive

About the Team

The Naval Ships Combat Systems FTEWA TDP Team (Force Threat Evaluation & Weapon Assignment, Technical Demonstrator Programme) uses cutting-edge technologies to design, develop, integrate, and support naval combat system products. These products enable navies to protect nations and contribute to the Naval Ships Combat Management System, the ‘brains’ of the ship, allowing crews to understand the tactical situation and respond rapidly.

This role ensures naval crews worldwide can continue to receive and utilise the most modern capabilities in a challenging and dynamic environment. Committed employees will have significant opportunities to learn and develop.

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.