Principal Engineer – Strategic Weapons Organisation

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Strategic Weapons Organisation

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-Site

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Reviewing Engineering documentation relating to SWSS & CHM&E as well as author technical reports and support upcoming design reviews
• Communicating and liaising with Construction Engineering and the Barrow Field Office verifying design solutions align with accepted UK & US standards
• Authoring Technical Notes / instruction for rectification (via Task Authorisation Forms) & Notifications
• Reviewing US supplied drawings & Change for impact to the UK platform considering UK unique elements and build agreements
• Where US derived change is identified engage with the Change Management community via the Enterprise Change Request (ECR) process to ensure a full impact assessment is conducted
• Working with the client and other stakeholders to determine and manage their expectations in respect of the integration of the US supplied systems into the UK platform with regards to coordinated requirements
• Creating parts, raising GF requests and responding to procurement queries for SWS, SWSS and CHM&E components and assemblies
• Encourage and guide continuous improvement within Trident Engineering, challenging current practice where appropriate
• Ability to travel within the UK to attend training as well as travel to the US shipbuilder sites

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree Qualified in a STEM subject and relevant experience
• Experience within a complex environment (mechanical, electrical or structural background)
• Experience/understanding with authoring technical documentation – including design reviews
• Ability to articulate complex issues
• Comfortable in a dynamic team environment
• Working towards or obtained Engineering Chartership

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 Strategic Weapons Organisation team:

You will be supporting the delivery of the Dreadnought Class Submarines working on the integration of the Strategic Weapon System and Supporting Systems into the UK Platform including Common Hull & Electrical Systems. This a key niche area where you can make your mark within a dynamic and responsive team where no two days are the same. This role will potentially have both UK wide travel and international travel. There is an opportunity to build an extensive stakeholder network (all functions within the yard, MoD etc.).

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 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: 30th June 2025

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.

#LI-AG1

#LI-Onsite