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Job Title: Senior/Principal Naval Architect
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Bristol, Portsmouth or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Competitive
What you’ll be doing:
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Conducting analysis and evaluation of submarine platforms manoeuvring performance from concept design to in-service support
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Undertaking development, verification and validation of mathematical manoeuvring model using physical model test data
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Generation of Safe Manoeuvring Envelopes and supporting associated operator guidance
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You will be working with enterprise partners to develop the modelling capability, processes and toolsets for use to support our major programmes
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Working collaboratively with other naval architecture teams, systems teams, Active Vehicle Control system teams and propulsion engineers as well as customers and suppliers to deliver innovative &amp; safe submarine solutions
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Supporting &amp; conducting hydrodynamic sea trials such as depth and heading control, including test form development and post-trial data analysis
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Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
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Experience in the generation of ship or submarine manoeuvring modelling
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Advanced numeracy and analytical skills
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A strong understanding of hydrodynamic principles and methods
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Degree in Naval Architecture, Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent experience
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Desirable:
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Hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and evaluation experience
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Physical testing experience
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Chartered Engineer or working towards/ability to achieve
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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 Vehicle Control team:
As a Principal/Senior Naval Architect within the Vehicle Control team, you will be working alongside a team of experts within Naval Architecture and the Whole Boat Design Team in one of the largest and fastest growing Naval Architecture Departments in the UK. You will be working on some of the most complex ship design and build programmes ever undertaken to deliver cutting edge submarines to the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy. 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: 30th 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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Principal Naval Architect

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes, Chelmsford – Great Baddow or Portsmouth – BroadOak 
Salary: Up to £75,900 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time &amp; accruing hours available. Part time &amp; accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.
Put yourself into a dynamic Principal Systems Engineering role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribution to our strategy for new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Systems 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:
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<li>Developing novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing</li>
<li>Applying a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques and governance to steer and develop technical solutions and resolve engineering issues</li>
<li>Conducting system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust product design</li>
<li>Leading the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next</li>
<li>Be a technical focus point with a holistic understanding of a whole system solution leading analysis activities and system design decisions and providing guidance to own team</li>
<li>Collaborating with specialists across different engineering disciplines including electronics, electrical, mechanical and software to direct and realise overarching system design solutions</li>
<li>Directing and undertaking system integration, test planning and execution</li>
<li>Defining and articulating system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios to internal and external stakeholders</li>
<li>Through these activities you will build your personal profile with senior stakeholders and grow a diverse knowledge base in engineering</li>
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Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
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<li>A good understanding in some of the following subject areas; signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation</li>
<li>A good understanding of factors that can affect the real-world performance of sensing systems and how these can impact the accuracy and timeliness of measurements in order to meet challenging design objectives and requirements</li>
<li>Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering which could include knowledge of Systems Engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288)</li>
<li>Experience of presenting both technical and non-technical information in a formal setting</li>
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Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Radar Systems Engineering team:
You will be working as a Principal Systems Engineer within our close-knit multi-function radar team of inter-disciplinary engineers, evolving our radar portfolio of existing and brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats.
This role is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills and invest in your career journey within a global business. You will be supported in growing your knowledge in contemporary and cutting-edge Radar techniques, with opportunities to develop your skills and responsibilities in technical leadership.
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 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: 10th 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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Principal Systems Engineer

Job Title: Systems Requirements Manager
Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes or Portsmouth – BroadOak or Great Baddow – Chelmsford
Salary: Up to £75,900 depending on skills and experience plus bonus scheme. Part time &amp; accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.

What you’ll be doing:
<ul>
<li>Leading and managing requirements activities across the engineering lifecycle, applying ISO 15288 principles to ensure traceability from definition to validation</li>
<li>Owning and maintaining the requirements database, ensuring it supports effective decomposition, verification, and specification across system levels</li>
<li>Defining and implementing robust requirements management processes, plans, and database schemas to meet project and customer needs</li>
<li>Administer access, training, and support for requirements tools (e.g. DOORS Next) and ensure good practice is followed across the team</li>
<li>Facilitating the integration of tools and data exchange with third parties, ensuring configuration control and data integrity</li>
<li>Monitoring requirements stability, generate key metrics, and support the production of requirement documentation and specifications</li>
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Your skills and experiences: 
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<li>Expert-level knowledge of Systems Engineering principles, with strong systems thinking and holistic approaches to requirement definition and management</li>
<li>Familiarity with key standards related to requirements specification (e.g. ISO 15288, ISO 12207, ISO 29148, IEEE 1016)</li>
<li>Proven experience in requirements management tools (e.g. IBM DOORS Next) and configuration control</li>
<li>In-depth understanding of the full engineering lifecycle, including lifecycle models such as Waterfall and Agile, and tools like JIRA</li>
<li>Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) in a STEM discipline or equivalent experience</li>
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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 Future Radar team:
Join us in shaping the Future of Radar Technology, we are evolving our radar portfolio enhancing our existing and developing brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats in the realm of Future Air Dominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investment in talent, our strategy is to stay at the forefront of defence innovation.
As a Radar Systems Requirements Manager, you will support our leading Radar products, ensuring consistency and traceability across the full engineering lifecycle—from definition through to integration, acceptance, and support. This role will take ownership of the requirements database and drive continuous improvement in related methodologies and tools, particularly around the exploitation of DOORS Next. 
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 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 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: 10th 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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