Principal Naval Architect (Weights)

TieTalent; King's Lynn; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Naval Architect to lead mass properties data management for multi-billion-pound submarine programmes. The role involves technical leadership, weight management, and collaboration with engineering teams. Candidates should possess a degree in Engineering or Mathematics and relevant experience. Benefits include a competitive pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work

Employee discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience of weight management on large programmes.
• Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the collation strategy for mass properties data.
• Define and manage mass budgets for submarine programmes.
• Conduct Research and Development activities.

Skills

Leadership

Weight Management

Data Manipulation

Education

Degree in Engineering or Mathematics

Tools

VBA

Python

CAD

Job description

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Manchester,Portsmouth, Weymouth

We offer a range of hybrid andflexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiterabout the options for this particular role.

JobTitle: Principal Naval Architect(Weights)

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Manchester,Portsmouth, Weymouth

We offer a range of hybrid andflexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiterabout the options for this particular role.

Salary: CompetitiveWhat you’ll be doing:

• Lead the collation strategy for mass properties data todeliver weight and centroid control on multi billion poundsubmarine programmes
• Beresponsible for aggregating weight and centroid reports, presentingthe status to Chief Naval Architect and generating mitigationplans
Define and manage the massbudgets for submarine programmes and its breakdown to systemlevel Create and maintain acomprehensive database of parts massproperties Promote a culture of weightcontrol and work with system engineering to integrate weight as afundamental designconstraint Conduct Research andDevelopment activities, promoting BAE Systems interests at UK andInternational Conferences Perform conceptual parametricestimations for mass distributions and moments of inertia whilstdriving the development of methods and tools for mass propertiesestimation Provide Subject Matter Expertreviews of weight control methodologies for non-submarineprogrammes within the BAE Systemsgroup

Your skills andexperiences:

Essential

• Degree qualified in an Engineering or Mathematicssubject or equivalentexperience
Ability to work independentlyand provide technical leadership as part of theteam Experience of weight management

Desirable

• Bea chartered Engineer or have the ability to achieve Charteredstatus within a 12-month timeframe
• Hold experience of weight control on largeprogrammes
• Experience of working with large, complex Electrical orMechanicalsystems
Have gained experience usingVBA or Python to automate data manipulationtasks Experience of using CADpackages andprogrammes

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefitsincluding a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leaveallowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’llalso have access to additional benefits such as flexible working,an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts– you may also be eligible for an annualincentive.The Weight Engineeringteam:

The Weight Engineering Team area multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists whoestimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number ofmulti billion pound submarine programmes. The Weight Engineeringteam are a specialist team who play a critical role in the wholeboat design and assuring whole boat safety. We offer relocationsupport packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meetingeligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a realdifference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that valuesdiversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll beempowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from allbackgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who arecurrently underrepresented within our industry, including women,ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are asinclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition(for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that mayaffect your performance in certain assessment types, please speakto your recruiter about potential reasonableadjustments.Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems aresubject to both security and export control restrictions. Theserestrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, anynationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birthcan restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within theorganisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve BaselinePersonnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levelsof National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on thevetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningfulsecurity vettingchecks.ClosingDate: 4th June2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if wereceive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you areinterested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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