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Job title: Principal Mechanical Engineer (Platform Equipment)
Location: Coventry (Hybrid). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Develop design solutions to meet agreed time, cost, and quality targets
Define and manage requirements, acceptance criteria, and performance activities to meet contractual obligations
Support design, build, integration, installation, and commissioning activities to meet contractual obligations
Produce technical documentation, diagrams, specifications, calculations, and design justifications for reviews
Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, contractual, and company standards
Lead or contribute to design reviews, customer presentations, and supplier acceptance activities
Review and manager supplier documentation, ensuring accurate capture and record-keeping
Support bids, proposals, project planning, and Certificate of Design activities with clear technical input
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Technical report writing skills
Demonstrable experience in the delivery of mechanical systems through the development lifecycle
Comprehensive experience of applying technical expertise across the full engineering lifecycle
In-depth knowledge and experience specifying mechanical equipment and components (hydraulic systems, winch equipment, heat exchangers, electric motor driven systems etc)
Desirable:
BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent in a relevant STEM degree
CEng or capable of achieving CEng
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 Combat System Team:
As a Principal Engineer, you will be working on an innovative new submarine engineering programme, you’ll be tackling projects never attempted before. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a wide variety of submarine Combat System subsystems, gaining experience with a broad and diverse range of technologies. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you will be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values 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 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 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 Security Vetting where applicants must typically leave 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 22nd 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.
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Location:
Coventry
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineer, Engineering, Mechanical

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