Senior Engineer - Platform Monitoring & Controls

Job Title: Senior Engineer - Platform Monitoring and Controls

Location: Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

Support to engineers at supplier sites and regular, direct engagement with T26 counterparts to obtain and share best practice

Effective management of change incoming from the HCF program and alignment to latest T26 changes

Supporting the wider Platform Monitoring & Control team to ensure visibility of data and ensuring escalation of any issues

Working with stakeholders across the platform to capture, track and plan incoming changes and maintain regular alignment in change impact assessments with the supplier

Support to PM&C engineers in Australia in resolving change queries with UK counterparts and the supplier, and representation of PM&C in change forums such as the Joint Change Control Board with the supplier

Supporting management of baselines, processing of concessions from the supplier, facilitating Technical Queries from the supplier and ensuring data quality is maintained across the team

Your skills and experiences:

Knowledge of systems engineering processes in large, complex defence programs

Good working experience in multi-disciplinary teams and application of systems engineering thinking

Good working experience in at least one phase of Life Cycle Management, with some understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues

Understanding of the need to capture and maintain change data and the engineering change process, particularly using Windchill to manage changes to the product

Familiarity with the GCS change management process and Sempre toolset

Some knowledge of other Platform Systems (e.g. Auxiliaries, HVAC, Electrical, Power and Propulsion) and Combat Systems

Knowledge of configuration management, concessions/variances

Prior use of HCF project toolsets (e.g. DOORS, System Architect, Windchill, JIRA, Visio)

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.

HCF Platform Monitoring and Control (PM&C) UK Team:

Successful delivery of the Platform Management System (PMS) is one of the key activities on the HCF program critical path which needs to be achieved in order to deliver the ship on schedule for the customer. This role is vital to ensuring that the delivery team and the suppliers deliver a product that, once fully integrated, incorporates all required changes to the platform. The role is crucial in managing the design dependency with the T26 Reference Ship Design and ensuring effective embodiment of HCF change into the HCF design by the supplier.

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: 1st September 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.