Systems Integration Test Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Lead Avionics Test Engineer

Location: Warton – Full time onsite

Salary: £56,766.00+ DOE

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the System Integration (SI) Test Team, supporting the SI Manager, SI Group Lead and Operations by guiding and developing a small team of Test Engineers, providing clear direction, coaching and performance support
• Review, validate and approve System Integration test documentation and reports, ensuring accuracy, quality and compliance with programme requirements
• Track, monitor and report test progress against key milestones, addressing anticipated risks to maintain on-time delivery
• Work with the SI Test Group Lead to identify and resolve capability gaps, including developing and supporting business cases for investment where required
• Assess and develop team capability, defining the skills and resource requirements needed to support future programmes and strengthen long-term team resilience

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Background in Avionics Software Test roles
• Avionics Test engineering
• Team Leader experience
• Systems Development lifecycle knowledge
• Reporting and reviewing documents

Desirable:

• Data Bus analysis experience
• DOOR’s / PCMS / requirements experience

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 Systems Integration Team:

The Systems Integration Team plays a critical role in delivering the Avionics System Integration Test evidence required to secure flight clearances for Typhoon and Tornado aircraft. Based in a practical engineering environment, the team leads integration testing across the full systems development lifecycle, working closely with Avionics teams, Eurofighter partners and subsystem specialists. Managing a small team of Test Engineers, you’ll drive test progress, review and approve evidence, resolve capability tasks and ensure delivery milestones are achieved—directly influencing aircraft readiness and operational capability. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for those with avionics test experience who want visibility, responsibility and the chance to shape frontline air capability.

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: 16th 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.

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