Naval Radar Principal Systems Engineer

BAE Systems; Cowes; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 71,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Principal Systems Engineer, where you'll tackle real-world challenges in the defense sector. This role offers the chance to work on next-generation radar systems, ensuring operational excellence and developing innovative solutions to complex problems. Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers across disciplines, enhancing your skills in a supportive environment. With flexible and hybrid working arrangements, this position allows you to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on national security. If you're ready to take on exciting challenges and contribute to cutting-edge technology, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering principles and standards.
• Experience in signal processing and system performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions for complex Radar Systems addressing evolving challenges.
• Lead system design analysis and manage requirements decomposition.

Skills

Signal Processing

Target Track Extraction

Object Classification Algorithms

System and Sensor Resource Optimisation

Systems Engineering

Presentation Skills

Tools

IBM DOORS Next

Job description

Job Description - Naval Radar Principal Systems Engineer (00126173)

Job Title: Naval Radar Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Isle of Wight - Cowes

Salary: Up to £70,600 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available

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 contribute 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:

1. Develop novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing.
2. Apply a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques and governance to steer and develop technical solutions and resolve engineering issues.
3. Conduct system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust product design.
4. Lead the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next.
5. 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.
6. Collaborate with specialists across different engineering disciplines including electronics, electrical, mechanical and software to direct and realise overarching system design solutions.
7. Direct and undertake system integration, test planning and execution.
8. Define and articulate system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios to internal and external stakeholders.
9. Through these activities you will build your personal profile with senior stakeholders and grow a diverse knowledge base in engineering.

Your skills and experience:

• A good understanding in some of the following subject areas; signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation.
• 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.
• Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering which could include knowledge of Systems Engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288).
• Experience of presenting both technical and non-technical information in a formal setting.

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.

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.

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.

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.