Senior Requirements and Acceptance Engineer

Babcock; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defence sector is seeking a Senior Requirements and Acceptance Engineer in Coventry. The role involves supporting critical engineering activities to meet project milestones, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, and providing technical guidance within dynamic teams. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and the opportunity to contribute to significant national projects.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Employee share plans

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Essential: STEM related degree or equivalent experience in Aerospace/Automotive/Defence.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering and relevant standards.
• Experience operating within the relevant engineering phase.

Responsibilities

• Support Requirements and Acceptance activities in accordance with project milestones.
• Ensure comprehensive design proving evidence is captured.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers and support project planning.

Skills

Knowledge of Systems Engineering

Understanding of the engineering lifecycle

Knowledge of relevant engineering standards

Education

STEM related degree

Tools

Requirements management tool (e.g., DOORS)

Job description

Job Title: Senior Requirements and Acceptance Engineer

Location: Coventry. 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:

• Support Requirements and Acceptance activities to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones and undertake work in accordance with company, safety, environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation
• Support describing good quality system requirements (and the way those requirements validate the stakeholder needs) and acceptance criteria
• Support logging the system validation evidence, and stakeholder acceptance
• Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority
• Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for various systems
• Provide technical guidance to other engineers and support the engineering management team in planning and controlling specialist activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• STEM related degree or previous experience within an Aerospace/Automotive/Defence/Telecommunications/Nuclear environment
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering - Requirements and Acceptance process and practices in the defence, maritime or closely linked industry
• Knowledge of the engineering lifecycle with experience of operating in the phase relevant to the role and awareness of the entire engineering lifecycle
• Knowledge of relevant engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations

Desirable:

• Experience of a requirements management tool such as DOORS

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 Coventry Systems Engineering team:

To support our ongoing need to recruit the best engineering talent, BAE Systems Submarines is delighted to shortly be opening a brand new office in Coventry. BAE Systems Submarines is experiencing a period of significant growth and we are now actively recruiting a variety of roles and specialisms to support our ongoing submarines programs which is critical to delivering our national endeavour.

The Senior Engineer - Systems Engineering (Requirements and Acceptance) shall have a good understanding of the relevant maritime legislation, industry and defence standards. They will work with appropriate supervision and support to develop an understanding of the customer and user needs of the system and how they will influence and impact Requirements and Acceptance activities.

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: 11th 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.

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