Principal Systems Engineer
Posted 19 hours 2 minutes ago by Appcast
Permanent
Part Time
Other
Isle of Wight, Cowes, United Kingdom, PO317
Job Description
JobTitle: Land RadarPrincipal SystemsEngineer
Location: Isle ofWight - Cowes, Chelmsford - Great Baddow or Portsmouth -BroadOak
Salary: Up to£70,600 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time &accruing hours available
Put yourself into a dynamic Principal SystemsEngineering role at the forefront of real world demands in thedefence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for ourexisting products, there will be the opportunity to develop nextgeneration radar products to counter emerging threats andcontribution to our strategy for new technology. Your newday-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principlesof Systems Engineering across the entire engineering developmentlifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those whoserve and protect us.
What you'll be doing:
Essential:
You'll receive benefits including a competitivepension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Companycontributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access toadditional benefits such as flexible working, an employeeassistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you mayalso be eligible for an annualincentive.
The Radar SystemsEngineering team:
You will be working as a Principal Systems Engineerwithin our close-knit multi-function radar team ofinter-disciplinary engineers, evolving our radar portfolio ofexisting and brand-new radar products to address emerging andfuture threats.
This role is a fantastic opportunity to enhanceyour skills and invest in your career journey within a globalbusiness. You will be supported in growing your knowledge incontemporary and cutting-edge Radar techniques, with opportunitiesto develop your skills and responsibilities in technicalleadership.
In this role, you will be able to enjoy bothflexible and hybrid working arrangements.
Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessiblecommute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry andBAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal tosite.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work.Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with yourworking hours, depending on your role and location. This couldinclude part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibilityaround start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life atwork, on site and life athome.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a realdifference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that valuesdiversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll beempowered to fulfil yourpotential.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds andparticularly from sections of the community who are currentlyunderrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnicminorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. Wealso want to make sure that our recruitment processes are asinclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition(for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that mayaffect your performance in certain assessment types, please speakto your recruiter about potential reasonableadjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems aresubject to both security and export control restrictions. Theserestrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, anynationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birthcan restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within theorganisation. All applicants must, as a minimum achieve, BaselinePersonnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levelsof National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on thevetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningfulsecurity vettingchecks.
ClosingDate: 13 th May 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early ifwe receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if youare interested, please submit your application as early aspossible.
Location: Isle ofWight - Cowes, Chelmsford - Great Baddow or Portsmouth -BroadOak
Salary: Up to£70,600 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time &accruing hours available
Put yourself into a dynamic Principal SystemsEngineering role at the forefront of real world demands in thedefence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for ourexisting products, there will be the opportunity to develop nextgeneration radar products to counter emerging threats andcontribution to our strategy for new technology. Your newday-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principlesof Systems Engineering across the entire engineering developmentlifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those whoserve and protect us.
What you'll be doing:
- Developing novelsolutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues forcomplex Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communitiesare facing Applying a breadth of knowledge, skills andexperience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques andgovernance to steer and develop technical solutions and resolveengineering issues
- Conducting systemdesign analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters tocharacterise and specify robust productdesign Leading the decomposition of requirements to systemand sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset suchas IBM DOORS Next
- Be a technical focuspoint with a holistic understanding of a whole system solutionleading analysis activities and system design decisions andproviding guidance to ownteam Collaborating with specialists across differentengineering disciplines including electronics, electrical,mechanical and software to direct and realise overarching systemdesign solutions
- Directing andundertaking system integration, test planning andexecution Defining and articulating system acceptancestrategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performanceacross a wide range of operational scenarios to internal andexternalstakeholders Through these activities you will build yourpersonal profile with senior stakeholders and grow a diverseknowledge base inengineering
Essential:
- A good understanding insome of the following subject areas; signal processing, targettrack extraction, object classification algorithms, system andsensor resourceoptimisation A good understanding of factors that can affect thereal-world performance of sensing systems and how these can impactthe accuracy and timeliness of measurements in order to meetchallenging design objectives andrequirements Demonstrates understanding and experience ofSystems Engineering which could include knowledge of SystemsEngineering standards (e.g., ISO15288) Experience of presenting both technical andnon-technical information in a formalsetting
You'll receive benefits including a competitivepension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Companycontributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access toadditional benefits such as flexible working, an employeeassistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you mayalso be eligible for an annualincentive.
The Radar SystemsEngineering team:
You will be working as a Principal Systems Engineerwithin our close-knit multi-function radar team ofinter-disciplinary engineers, evolving our radar portfolio ofexisting and brand-new radar products to address emerging andfuture threats.
This role is a fantastic opportunity to enhanceyour skills and invest in your career journey within a globalbusiness. You will be supported in growing your knowledge incontemporary and cutting-edge Radar techniques, with opportunitiesto develop your skills and responsibilities in technicalleadership.
In this role, you will be able to enjoy bothflexible and hybrid working arrangements.
Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessiblecommute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry andBAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal tosite.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work.Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with yourworking hours, depending on your role and location. This couldinclude part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibilityaround start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life atwork, on site and life athome.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a realdifference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that valuesdiversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll beempowered to fulfil yourpotential.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds andparticularly from sections of the community who are currentlyunderrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnicminorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. Wealso want to make sure that our recruitment processes are asinclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition(for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that mayaffect your performance in certain assessment types, please speakto your recruiter about potential reasonableadjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems aresubject to both security and export control restrictions. Theserestrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, anynationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birthcan restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within theorganisation. All applicants must, as a minimum achieve, BaselinePersonnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levelsof National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on thevetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningfulsecurity vettingchecks.
ClosingDate: 13 th May 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early ifwe receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if youare interested, please submit your application as early aspossible.