Assistant Chief Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power)

Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Chief Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power)

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

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as part of the Joint Design Authority (JDA) to ensure integrated design solutions across functional and organizational boundaries, achieving a balanced whole boat design
• Own and manage contractual requirements for Provide Power – Electrical, following the RAMP guidelines
• Collaborate with Project Delivery Managers and Integrated Delivery Teams to ensure the engineered design aligns with customer intent
• Conduct design reviews throughout the project lifecycle per BAE Systems’ tailored LCM process, supporting assessments at all design levels
• Serve as the Joint Design Authority delegate, ensuring the design is safe, compliant, and meets programme requirements
• Provide technical support across functional areas, contributing to wider SSNA responsibilities
• Represent JDA in coordinating industry partners and stakeholders to align with programme outcomes
• Lead supplier engagement activities to assess design assurance and alignment with whole boat objectives
• Perform supplier capability assessments to support the Mutual Assurance policy
• Support risk and opportunity identification at system, function, and programme levels
• Manage certification planning and execution to produce interim and final design certifications, ensuring design fitness and approval

Your skills and experiences:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering such as BEng (Hons), MSc (Eng), MEng (Hons), MPhil (Eng), PhD, or EngD
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) through IET or Chartered Marine Engineer (CMarEng) or working towards

Experience and expertise in:

• Power Systems Architecture
• Power Systems Modelling (Simulation and Analysis)
• Power Generation and Distribution – both AC & DC
• Power System Protection and Co-ordination
• Power System Operation
• Power Electronics

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 team:

Acting on behalf of the Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE), the Assistant Chief Engineer – Power (Electrical) oversees the SSNA design within the Provide Power – Electrical functional area. In this role, you will represent the Chief Engineer to ensure the SSNA design complies with contractual, regulatory, legal, and safety requirements, in line with the Engineering Authority’s technical delegation. 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: 12th 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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