36 principal engineer jobs found in Barrow-in-Furness

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Platform Integration) Location: Barrow-in-Furness – Hybrid – (dependent on business needs) Salary: Negotiable (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Representing the Combat Systems team while collaborating with the platform teams in Barrow Design and compilation of technical specifications to deliver capabilities in supporting the IV&V strategy Collaborating with the Combat System domains engineering teams to ensure their systems can be integrated into the platform Planning the physical integration and test of systems containing electronic, mechanical and software sub-systems, understanding the potential impact on the whole boat and interfacing systems Taking accountability for technical work packages and Combat Systems (CS) equipment Leading Platform Integration meetings bringing together key stakeholders to understand technical and programmatic risks and developing action plans to...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Mechanical Engineering Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £47,241 + depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Leading the design of a mechanical system(s), sub-systems and equipment for the next generation Royal Navy submarines Undertaking functional design activities, calculations and analysis Producing design documentation, Verification & Validation evidence and safety justifications Specifying major equipment and support to procurement, qualification and acceptance activities, working collaboratively with suppliers Providing specialist knowledge and subject matter expertise support the installation, integration and commissioning activities associated with the system and equipment Engaging with stakeholders across the cross-functional project team Mentoring junior...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Nuclear Substantiation (Site) Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £60,000 + depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Authoring and managing nuclear site assets’ design substantiation documentation supporting the site nuclear safety case Reviewing analyses , assessments, and calculations supporting nuclear design substantiation Supporting periodic review of safety Taking ownership of deliverables, and demonstrating high levels of autonomy and leadership Supporting the implementation of design substantiation requirements Working closely with a broad range of stakeholders including Site Safety Case, Human Factors, and Engineering Authority Teams Support in the development of other Nuclear Substantiation team members Collaborating with the wider business on site assets...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Asset Management Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £47,241+ depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing : Responsible for delivering Asset integration activities for major site & infrastructure projects, to enable the smooth transition of assets from projects into business as usual Managing the asset lifecycle from RIBA 1-7, ensuring maintainability, through life management arrangements & integration into the asset management system Liaising with and managing key stakeholders within the project, and the end-user function Implementing post-handover asset management arrangements Deriving and developing asset management strategies for business-critical equipment Your skills and experiences: Essential: Qualified in a STEM discipline at...

Job Title: Support Engineer (RCM – Maint Design) Location: Barrow – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience What you’ll be doing Provide ex-operator knowledge to assess and analyse ; system designs, diagrams and information data, to ensure technical accuracy, process instructions correctness, and input for maintenance derivation outputs Provide technical leadership , coaching and mentoring of others Have a clear understanding of, and apply, the Quality and SH&E Management System documentation Support stakeholder engagement and attend collaboration working groups in support of BAES scope of work for maintenance design Provide estimates for the scope of work and resources required, to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for maintenance design activities Your skills and...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power) Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid). – (Barrow – 2 days a fortnight onsite; 1 day a week onsite at Filton) depending on business needs Salary: Up to £57,500 (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones Develop and manage requirements and acceptance criteria specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme Understand the contractual and performance requirements for various systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including diagrams; technical specifications; supporting calculations; design evidence and justifications Provide technical...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Communications Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing: Leading the design and delivery of communications and audio systems for naval vessels, including defining system requirements and design standards to develop effective technical solutions Developing comprehensive technical documentation, including specifications, user manuals, and design calculations, to ensure alignment with performance requirements Defining testing protocols and providing on-site support for dockside installation and system commissioning activities Evaluating test and qualification results for compliance with technical requirements and presenting finding to both internal stakeholders and external clients Conducting technical development studies to verify and validate that system designs...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Product Assurance Location: Barrow, onsite (flexible by arrangement). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: circa £50,000 What you’ll be doing: Provision of independent safety assurance of the submarine products within the scope of supply Provide Engineering assurance across products within BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines for applicable Submarine Enterprise programmes Deliver assurance at design reviews and technical bid reviews to various stakeholders across the Engineering Functions, along with providing technical support to the wider Submarine Enterprise Provide independent assurance on engineering products, to ensure that they are integrated, safe, fully compliant with the agreed requirements set, without compromising safety hazards which are demonstrated ALARP Provide support in planning...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Stealth (Finite Element Analysis ) Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Onsite) Salary: Competitive (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Lead the development of the Stealth Engineering FEA capability. Performing detailed FEA simulations to assess structural behaviour and its effect on stealth-related performance. Analysing structure-borne vibration and fluid-borne noise characteristics across components and systems. Preparing clear technical reports and presenting findings to design teams and stakeholders. Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that stealth, structural, and safety requirements are fully met. Assisting in model validation, correlation with physical tests, and refinement of analysis techniques. Your skills and experiences: Essential: A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM discipline...

Job Title: Principal Safety Engineer – Safety & Environmental Engineering Location: Barrow-in-Furness – 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: Provide technical leadership as a subject matter expert in safety engineering Mentor and develop engineers, guiding safety analysis and influencing design decisions Analyse and influence nuclear submarine design using safety engineering techniques, focussing on major hazards (fires, explosions including DSEAR, steam release) Apply engineering judgement to justify design safety and compliance Interface with regulators, clients within the MOD and internal stakeholders Develop and review safety case documentation to substantiate design safety Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree qualified in a relevant STEM discipline or equivalent...

Job Title: Principal Engineer (External Communications Integration) Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-Site Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience What you’ll be doing: Maturing the external communications sub-system on the submarine from build to test Undertaking test and trial events on the submarine Working with subcontractors to come to site to undertake test events. (You will be responsible for managing the visit – submitting security forms, health and safety briefs, on the boat etc .) Defect investigation or non-conformities. (installation or testing) Investigate to a resolution Providing specialist knowledge and subject matter expertise to develop the functional design of external communications systems Being able to define the systems architecture, components, interfaces and data to enable the development and production of the component sub systems Understanding the contractual and performance requirements for external communications...

Job Title: Principal Engineer, Site Engineering Authority Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Competitive (Dependent on skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Acting as Engineering Authority for your prescribed area, covering all buildings and assets, providing independent engineering governance and assurance across all assets within your area Providing technical and specialist engineering advice & support to the maintenance, operations & project teams Producing / approving engineering functional requirements, accept design solutions, maintain engineering oversight, validate engineering integrity Protecting and maintaining engineering baseline for all accepted assets and infrastructure within your prescribed are, including configuration management and change control Development, management...

Job Title: Principal Operability Engineer Location: Barrow-In-Furness/Glasgow (Hybrid). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Negotiable depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Reviewing and assessing the developing Submarine design to ensure it is safe, operable and habitable by its crew. This will be achieved through attendance at design reviews, review of the 3D CAD model review of design documentation and participation in experimental design and user trials, provision of design guidance and sharing of SQEP knowledge Providing specialist support to safety activities e.g., HAZID, HAZOPS, ALARP Optioneering workshops Delivering specialist guidance and support to Operating Documentation Production Authority in support of OPDOC derivation and verification Your skills and experiences: Experienced in one of the following...

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Test Integration Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-Site Salary: Up to £57,000 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Utilising technical information gathered from various stakeholders such as design teams to produce test documentation that will evaluate the rigour of the systems under test. Understanding and interpreting the customer needs for integration activities and affect these once agreed as deliverables Undertaking integration testing in line with approved test procedures and taking ownership and responsibility for assigned systems verification and validation activities Investigating complex technical faults and queries of the (to be) integrated systems based on a considerable understanding of the underlying technical design Being able to gain an ample understanding of the underlying technical design of the systems under test and act as a technical liaison between design and commissioning teams on test...

Job Title: Principal Structural Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £60,000 What you’ll be doing: Analysis and Design of complex steel structures utilising Eurocodes, British Standards and BAE standards, to support submarine build You will utilise your knowledge of specific regulations & requirements beyond that used within BAE Systems i.e., LOLER, codes of compliance, weld specifications, geometric tolerance Competent in computer based analytical techniques including finite element analysis , CAD modelling and engineering schematics (Abaqus, S-Frame) Supporting the manufacturing, assembly, lifting, handling, and installation processes of Submarine Structures, Modules and Components Supporting towards production of concept drawings, layouts, and other technical outputs consistent with...

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer Location: Barrow-In-Furness (on site) Salary: From £40,748 – depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing Leading and supporting major quality improvement projects Developing new and innovative solutions to long-standing issues Working directly with manufacture and build teams to deliver quality improvement Using industry recognised toolsets such as Six Sigma (training provided) Leading root-cause analysis sessions with cross-functional teams Key interface with customer and partners, building customer assurance Your skills and experiences Experience in driving improvements to completion with validated results Proven problem identification and resolution skills in fast-paced environment Knowledge of quality tools including FMEA, Root Cause Analysis , Six Sigma, 8D (investigations) Degree within Engineering or Manufacturing field or equivalent experience Benefits As well...

Job Title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Infrastructure Location: Barrow-in-Furness (On-site) Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing : Convert industrial capability concepts, infrastructure needs and technology plans into defined requirement strategies and business cases Manage delivery of allocated scope, including planning and scheduling work packages in line with annual and quarterly milestones for future facility development Define and develop facility and infrastructure requirements in collaboration with the Senior Requirements Manager, supporting implementation of a new Production Line Operating Model using RIBA LCM Contribute to the development of future manufacturing processes by creating process maps, analysing data, resolving technical queries and providing measurable improvements Support the evolution of submarine build methods while maintaining an understanding of existing production practices Build and maintain effective working...

Job Title: Principal Operations Engineer – Site Engineering Governance & Assurance Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £42,215+ depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing : Coordinate and manage the Site Engineering department’s compliance and quality documentation Delivery of the Site Engineering quality assurance programme Support the delivery of the Site Engineering nuclear compliance assurance programme Act as an interface with the Quality function on behalf of the wider Site Engineering department Support the wider department by conducting process confirmations, audits, and other assurance activities to ensure our compliance arrangements are being adhered to across the business Your skills and experiences: Essential: Experience working in a highly regulated industry Experience...

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer – C&I Location: Barrow (Hybrid) We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Competitive (Commensurate with skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Generate systems models such as functional, logical and interface models for 12+ major C&I systems including Distributed Control Systems, Control Console and Vehicle Control Systems Work closely with the system owners providing dynamic challenge on the systems design, to drive simplification within the design Support the wider C&I design for several C&I sub-systems for Secondary Propulsion, Platform Mechanical and Platform Electrical Manage various systems modelling/engineering stakeholders to provide consistency across the Centralised C&I team Support the development of a functional design for the systems within scope for Centralised...

Job Title: Principal Structural Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing: Design and analysis of complex steel structures utilising Eurocodes, British Standards and BAE standards, to support submarine build with FEA and classical calculation analysis You will apply your expertise in regulations and requirements that extend beyond those used within BAE Systems, including LOLER, Codes of Compliance, Weld Specifications, and Geometric Tolerance Responsible for interpreting data within computer based analytical techniques including finite element analysis , CAD modelling and engineering schematics (Abaqus, S-Frame) Supporting the manufacturing, assembly, lifting, handling, and installation processes of Submarine Structures Supporting production of concept drawings, layouts, and...