Start Date
Immediate
Expiry Date
08 Aug, 25
Salary
80000.0
Posted On
03 Jul, 25
Experience
5 year(s) or above
Remote Job
Yes
Telecommute
Yes
Sponsor Visa
No
Skills
Complex Systems, Sda, Autism, Software, Sensors, System Solutions, Customer Requirements, Interoperability, Communication Systems, Wellbeing, Architecture, Shuttle Service, Operational Excellence, Finish, Integration, Design, Leadership
Industry
Information Technology/IT
EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS
Job Title: Integrated RF Sensor Suite SDA
Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight or Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £80k depending on skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options
Put yourself into a dynamic role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. The Integrated RF Sensor Suite System Design Authority (SDA) is a key technical leadership role for the development of next generation integrated naval radar defence systems.
Be a contributor to our strategy for modern technology exploitation to counter emerging threats and ensure operational excellence in the development and support of our products.
Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse applying the principles of engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.
What you’ll be doing:
Your skills and experience:
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 team:
This role carries technical and safety responsibility for the Integrated RF Sensor Suite mast and focuses on the high-level integration of complex systems, including software and system-of-systems architecture. The successful candidate will ensure that requirements, design, and implementation are fully aligned across the physical mast structure and all integrated components—such as sensors, communications systems, supporting services, and external interfaces.
BAE Systems’ Radar Sector is advancing next-generation radar and sensor systems, offering the opportunity to work on projects across the engineering lifecycle, supporting both UK and export markets.
In this role, you will be able to enjoy both flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 9th July 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.