Senior Consultant Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

BAE Systems (New); Preston; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Consultant Engineer in the AVC team, where you'll provide technical leadership for the UK's next generation submarines. This role involves ensuring coherency across systems, collaborating with diverse teams, and guiding approaches on systems engineering. With a culture that values diversity and inclusion, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Enjoy a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and a competitive pension scheme, while contributing to innovative solutions that enhance the safety and reliability of marine operations. If you're ready to take on this challenge, we welcome your application!

Benefits

Competitive Pension Scheme

Enhanced Annual Leave

Company Contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible Working

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work Scheme

Employee Discounts

Annual Incentive Eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in applying systems engineering principles and leading teams.
• Understanding of submarine control systems or related domain experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the AVC System of systems.
• Collaborate with teams on model-based systems engineering and safety.

Skills

Systems Engineering Principles

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Submarine Control Systems Understanding

Education

BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

Job title: Senior Consultant Engineer – AVC Technical Authority

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

Salary: Negotiable depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide technical leadership to ensure coherency across the AVC System of systems, across a AVC ‘One Team’ construct made up of BAE Submarines, BAE Air Sector and BAE Electronic Systems
• Technical authority working closely with the Office of Chief Engineer, positioned outside the delivery streams to provide focal point for technical goodness
• Collaborate with the team across mechanical systems, C&I equipment, HMI and software. Use technical expertise to guide approaches on model-based systems engineering and safety across the programme
• Be responsible for the approval of requirements, design documentation and related certification for AVC Systems and Functions in accordance with company and programme processes
• Provide technical specialist input, reviews and support into projects that are beyond immediate scope
• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the design to ensure that the solution meets the requirements of the Royal Navy and satisfies BAE design reviews

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent and CEng (or be able to satisfy requirements for CEng)
• Demonstrable experience of applying systems engineering principles
• Understanding of submarine control systems or related domain experience (e.g. high integrity control systems)
• Experience with leading and mentoring a team
• Stakeholder management experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of submarine vehicle control systems such as steering and diving, trim, compensation, hover, and their operation

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Active Vehicle Control (AVC) team:

You will be part of the AVC team developing the control system for the UK’s next generation submarines. This innovative approach involves adapting controls that are usually used in fly-by-wire aircraft and applying them in a marine environment. The Active Vehicle Control will oversee all major aspects of the submarines’ manoeuvring capability to the highest levels of safety and reliability, like existing systems on modern air transport platforms. We offer relocation 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, 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.

We also 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: 1^st May 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.