Senior Engineer - Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

ZipRecruiter; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking a Senior Engineer in Electrical Engineering. This role involves developing design solutions, producing documentation, and ensuring compliance with safety and contractual requirements. Candidates should have a BEng (Hons) / MEng and experience in engineering lifecycle. Competitive benefits include flexible health plans and potential relocation support.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Working towards professional registration.
• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of safety integrity levels and IEC standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop design solutions to meet project milestones.
• Produce documentation for design review process.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements.

Skills

Technical report writing skills

Experience in engineering lifecycle

System calculations and analysis

Instrumentation and control system theory

PLC programming

Education

BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – On-site

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones.
• 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.
• Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority.
• Ensure compliance against contractual requirements and that work is undertaken in accordance with company, safety, environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation.

Undertake design reviews and presentations to customers. Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities, including acceptance of equipment from suppliers through to system acceptance by the customer.

Your skills and experiences:

• BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent.
• Working towards professional registration.
• Technical report writing skills.
• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle.
• System calculations, modelling and analysis.
• Understanding of at least one of the following areas: Instrumentation and control system theory including PID control, Electrical circuits design, EMC precautions and power supply characteristics, Safety Integrity Levels and BS EN 61508 or 61511, PLC programming to IEC 61131-3 standard, Fieldbus technology (Profibus/Profinet).

Benefits:

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 Test Facility Capability Simulation Engineering team: The Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering shall provide support to the Principal Engineers and/or external specialists during development, analysis, integration and verification of platform control and instrumentation systems.

The Senior Engineer shall be involved in leading analysis and production of technical reports and team deliverables. 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 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 clearance 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 achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard as a minimum.

Many roles also require higher levels of Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residence in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 17th October 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.

BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.