Principal Engineer – Systems Engineering (Development & Integration)

at  BAE Systems

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Systems Engineering (Development & Integration
Location: Frimley, Weymouth or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Competitive

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

Essential:

• Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant IT or STEM subject (Science / Technology / Engineering / Maths)
• Working knowledge of systems engineering practices in the design and development of integrated electronic and computer systems
• Experience in managing small engineering teams or projects

Desirable:

• Experience in IP network design and configuration
• Experience with agile development processes and toolsets
• Understanding of relevant engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations.
• Member of an appropriate professional institution; Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartership

• Managing and mentoring a small team of early careers engineers to ensure they have the skills and support required to successfully deliver our projects
• Evaluating and assessing new technologies, both through literature review and practical experimentation and demonstration
• Defining and refining requirements for future combat system development
• Designing and prototyping future combat system technologies and supporting environments including state-of-the-art system architectures, semantic information modelling, and artificial intelligence/machine learning
• Designing and implementing trials of future technologies alongside existing combat systems
• Working with other engineering specialists to understand the impacts of security and safety controls on the combat system design, architecture, components, interfaces and data
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of infrastructure hardware such as servers, network switches and firewalls
• HMI design and usability testing
• Simulation and analysis of real-world battlespace environments