Assistant Chief Engineer - SSNA Combat System

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking individuals for a vital role in Combat System design within submarine projects. Your responsibilities will include ensuring safety, legal compliance, and the integration of technical activities. You'll need a solid understanding of Combat System engineering and a relevant STEM degree. The position offers competitive salary options along with great employee benefits, including relocation support and opportunities for travel within a multinational team.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Good knowledge and experience of Combat System engineering functions or similar complex systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of the legal and regulatory environment related to products.
• Degree qualified within a relevant STEM subject or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product designs meet safety, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage integration of technical activities across projects for product certification.
• Oversee activities of Chief Engineers to ensure compliance to standards.

Skills

Combat System engineering

Legal and regulatory knowledge

Engineering principles

Education

Degree in relevant STEM subject or equivalent experience

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the design of products is safe and meets contractual, legal and regulatory requirements, company standards and environmental requirements
• Ensure the quality and fitness for purpose of product designs, with appropriate trade-off between performance, affordability, predictability and supportability
• Manage the integration of technical and engineering activities across projects in support of product certification
• Oversee the activities of subsidiary Chief Engineers/Technical Authorities, to ensure product certification and release at the required standard, to schedule
• Ensuring that records of all significant product design decisions are retained, including a record of the relevant Chief Engineers/Technical Authorities involved
• Provide technical and functional leadership and direction to Technical Authorities
• Approve engineering resource and engineering facility demands for projects
• Support the wider Engineering community, through involvement in developing policy and standardised processes, shaping and sharing good practice
• Engage with programme and engineering delivery teams as part of the stakeholder group delivering capability, equipment and design effort to SSNA You will need to have a broad and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles and systems theories and practices

Qualifications

• Good knowledge and experience of Combat System engineering functions or other similar complex systems
• A comprehensive understanding of the legal and regulatory environment into which company products operate and function
• Be degree qualified within a relevant STEM subject or hold the equivalent experience

Benefits

The SSNA programme within Maritime Submarines are proud to announce this fantastic opportunity within the team. This is a really exciting time for you to be a part of one of the UK's latest and most complex Submarine design programmes to date and ensure that the overall Combat System meets platform and capability needs, via its Tactical Information Management function. It is a multi national programme and will offer the chance to travel within the role. 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. Salary: Competitive, 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.