Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power)

JR United Kingdom; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defence and aerospace is searching for a Principal Engineer in Electrical Engineering (Power) to support their design and integration efforts. The successful candidate will develop solutions within specified timeframes, manage requirements, and provide technical support throughout numerous engineering processes. With competitive benefits including relocation support and flexible work arrangements, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a focused engineering team.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an engineering lifecycle.
• In-depth understanding of power systems.
• Experience of working within industry codes and standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop design solutions against project milestones.
• Produce documentation to support design review processes.
• Provide technical support for integration and acceptance activities.

Skills

Power system modelling

Power Generation and Distribution

Protection and Co-ordination

Power Earth Fault Monitoring

Education

BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent

CEng (or ability to satisfy CEng requirements)

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Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power), sands

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Client:

BAE Systems

Location:

sands, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

09.07.2025

Expiry Date:

23.08.2025

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Job Description:

Job title:Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power)

Location:Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £57,500 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones
• Develop and manage requirements and acceptance criteria specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme
• Understand the contractual and performance requirements for various systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities
• Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including diagrams; technical specifications; supporting calculations; design evidence and justifications
• Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities, including acceptance of equipment from suppliers through to system acceptance by the customer
• Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for various systems
• Provide support to the Certificate of Design activities appropriate to the discipline and articulate and present complex technical argument clearly, logically and simply
• Deliver technical input and engineering solutions in support of build activities, defect resolution and change management

Your skills and experiences:

• BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent and CEng (or be able to satisfy requirements for CEng)
• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle
• Understanding of at least one of the following areas: Power system modelling; generators; switchgear; protection; power electronics
• In depth understanding of Power System Architecture, Power Generation and Distribution, Protection and Co-ordination or Power Earth Fault Monitoring
• Experience of working within a relevant Engineering role to industry codes and standards

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 Electrical Engineering Power Team:

As part of the Electrical Engineering Power Team, you will be leading the development of design documents, reviewing supplier documentation, developing technical requirements and undertaking assessment of design compliance to support the development of our electrical systems. 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: 14th July 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.