Job Title: Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – On-site

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones.

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

Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority

Ensure compliance against contractual requirements and that work is undertaken in accordance with company, safety, environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation.

Undertake design reviews and presentations to customers.

Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities, including acceptance of equipment from suppliers through to system acceptance by the customer

Your skills and experiences:

BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent

Working towards professional registration

Technical report writing skills

Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle

System calculations, modelling and analysis

Understanding of at least one of the following areas:

Instrumentation and control system theory including PID control ,

Electrical circuits design, EMC precautions and power supply characteristics

Safety Integrity Levels and BS EN 61508 or 61511

PLC programming to IEC 61131-3 standard

Fieldbus technology (Profibus/Profinet)

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 Test Facility Capability Simulation Engineering team

The Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering shall provide support to the Principal Engineers and/or external specialists during development, analysis , integration and verification of platform control and instrumentation systems. The Senior Engineer shall be involved in leading analysis and production of technical reports and team deliverables.

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: 17th October 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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