Consultant Engineer - Electrical Engineering (Power)

BAE Systems; Filton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in the UK is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership for submarine systems projects. Key responsibilities include managing electrical interfaces, ensuring project readiness, and supporting verification and validation activities. Candidates should have a relevant degree in Electrical Engineering and experience in integrating power-electronic systems. The role offers competitive compensation and extensive benefits, including relocation support and a commitment to inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Qualifications

• Relevant first-degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards it.
• Experience in power-system verification plans.

Responsibilities

• Act as the electrical SME and provide technical leadership.
• Manage electrical interfaces ensuring best-for-programme approach.
• Take ownership of technology readiness projects.

Skills

Knowledge of integrating power‑electronic conversion equipment

Knowledge of power system stability and quality

Experience in power‑system verification and validation plans

Knowledge of the engineering life cycle

Knowledge of permanent‑magnet rotating machines

Education

Relevant first degree in Electrical Engineering (BSc, BEng, MEng)

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership

Relevant second-specialised degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Act as the electrical SME providing technical leadership and guidance to cross‑discipline internal and external stakeholders, including equipment suppliers.
• Manage the electrical interface with the electrical power system, ensuring that a best‑for‑programme approach is adopted.
• Take technical ownership of the end‑to‑end delivery of key technology‑readiness projects, ensuring appropriate maturity is achieved in the end product before platform integration.
• Support technical delivery of facility requirements needed to deliver technology‑readiness projects, including facilities for end‑product verification and validation activities.
• Undertake technical risk analysis and develop risk‑mitigation plans to support equipment delivery into the SSNA platform.
• Support the development and resilience planning for the SSNA Steam IDTs engineering team, ensuring succession planning for an enduring SQEP capability.
• Provide independent governance, authoring and approval of technical artefacts.

Qualifications

• Relevant first‑degree in Electrical Engineering (BSc (Hons), BEng (Hons) or MEng (Hons)).
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership.
• Knowledge of integrating power‑electronic conversion equipment into power system designs (inverters, rectifiers, active front‑ends, filter interactions).
• Knowledge and experience of key power‑system interface requirements (power‑system stability, power quality and protection coordination).
• Experience in developing and delivering power‑system / equipment level verification and validation plans (including technology‑readiness‑level strategies).
• Knowledge of the complete engineering life cycle for delivering equipment or systems in a complex engineering environment with many competing requirements (requirement generation through to test and commissioning).

Desirable

• Relevant second‑specialised degree or further education in Electrical Engineering (power systems, power electronics, electrical machine design) – e.g., MSc(Eng), MPhil(Eng), PhD or EngD.
• Knowledge of permanent‑magnet rotating machines.
• Knowledge of power‑system analysis of AC and DC systems and modelling of generation and control (generators, AVRs, governors/speed controllers).
• Knowledge of the interface requirements of power‑system control and instrumentation for key equipment and components within a power‑system design.
• Submarine operator experience.

Security & Eligibility

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 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.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: Competitive (commensurate with skills and experience). In addition to a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems 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.

About the Role

The SSNA Steam Integrated Delivery Team (SIDT) will work with a focus on delivering key equipment into the SSNA platform, a novel environment for submarine systems. The role supports the technology‑maturity enablement plan and offers development opportunities from requirement generation through to development of verification and validation plans and associated facilities. The position offers relocation support packages across all submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria. We welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive culture. If you have a disability or health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.