Senior Engineer & Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)

BAE Systems; Sutton-in-Ashfield; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global defense technology company is seeking a Senior Control & Instrumentation Engineer to develop key systems for submarine technology. The role includes managing requirements, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and producing technical documentation. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant degree, strong report writing skills, and an understanding of control theory. This position offers hybrid working arrangements, a competitive salary, and a range of benefits, including flexible health options and relocation support.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Employee share plans

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in engineering, ideally working towards professional registration.
• Experience in comprehensive technical report writing across engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of instrumentation and control theory, functional decomposition.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage system requirements aligned with programme needs.
• Produce design review documentation including technical specifications and calculations.
• Conduct design verification to meet functional safety standards.

Skills

Technical report writing

System calculations

Control theory knowledge

Systems engineering principles

Education

Degree (BEng/MEng or equivalent)

Job description

Job Title: Senior Control & Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Barrow - hybrid and flexible working arrangementsAvailable - speak to your recruiter about options
Salary: Competitive

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage system, product, and system-of-systems requirements, ensuring robust acceptance criteria that align with programme needs
• Produce comprehensive design review documentation, including diagrams, technical specifications, calculations, and supporting justification for design decisions
• Support Certificate of Design activities by preparing evidence and presenting complex technical arguments in a clear and logical manner
• Derive detailed hardware and software requirements for control systems, guiding suppliers in equipment design and specification
• Oversee the creation of functional design specifications, manage physical system interfaces, and attribute signal-level functionality through system databases
• Conduct design verification and generate evidence to meet IEC 61508/61511 or equivalent functional safety standards, ensuring compliance and safety justification

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified (BEng/MEng or equivalent), ideally working towards professional registration
• Comprehensive technical report writing skills with experience across the engineering lifecycle
• Knowledge of defence standards (beneficial but not essential)
• Experience in system calculations, modelling, and analysis
• Understanding of instrumentation and control theory (eg, PID), control system architecture, or functional decomposition
• Demonstratable ability to interpret and apply systems engineering principles within complex technical environments

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 Centralised Control and Instrumentation Team: The Centralised Control and Instrumentation Team is a highly skilled group of 16 engineers at the forefront of SSNA (Successor/Next-Generation Submarine) platform development. The team shapes, matures, and validates the platform's most critical control systems—spanning hardware, software, safety, and system-to-system integration—ensuring the submarine's core automated functions operate reliably, safely, and in line with IEC 61508 and other functional safety standards. Joining this team offers an exciting and technically challenging opportunity to play a direct role in defining the next generation of submarine control systems—technology that must perform flawlessly in the world's most demanding conditions. 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. 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: 2nd February 2026. 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.