Principal Engineer – Systems Engineering (Requirements and Acceptance)

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Requirements and Acceptance

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Portsmouth, Weymouth or Manchester. 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:

• Lead on the integration of SWS Requirements from the SWS Major System Design Authority (Trident Systems Project Team) onto UK Dreadnought Platform Systems as linked through the Ship Specification in DOORS
• Lead on change management of the SWS Requirement set in DOORS
• Lead on review of Requirements Acceptance Forms for Ships Specification Verification Goals with linked SWS Requirements to ensure they provide explicit and unequivocal arguments supported by objective qualified evidence to substantiate verification compliance claims
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on matters pertaining to their discipline, uses interpersonal skills in communicating technical design matters
• Work with a high degree of technical autonomy, demonstrate a commitment to professional design engineering principles and values

Your skills and experiences:

• Eng or equivalent level of capability gained through substantial relevant work-based experience. May be working towards CEng
• Significant experience in Requirements elicitation and management and/or design independent verification, validation and acceptance certification and acceptance of complex products and systems and experience of using requirements management tools (DOORs, Cradle)
• A strong understanding of other related project, product, programme, domain, discipline and functional teams of submarines or equivalent external bodies

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Systems Engineering team:

Our broad range of Systems teams cover all aspects of the products design throughout its lifecycle implementing a variety of tool and techniques tailored to support the specialist requirements of our products. From Agile methodologies to a Model Based Approach to Systems Engineering we are keen in maintaining our role as a leader in the field of Defence engineering by investing in our people. 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 26th July 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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