Senior Systems Consultant Engineer

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Senior Systems Consultant Engineer where you will provide leadership and guidance in systems engineering, support diverse programs, and work collaboratively with various stakeholders to implement best practices. You’ll have opportunities to develop and coach within an inclusive culture while impacting significant engineering projects.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Strong understanding of large-scale system development.
• Chartered status or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide Systems Engineers in model-based practices.
• Undertake audits on program implementation of systems engineering.
• Provide consultancy support and coach engineering practitioners.

Skills

Systems Engineering Methodologies

Leadership

Coaching

Education

Degree in a STEM subject

Tools

Systems Engineering Techniques

Job description

Job Title: Senior Systems Consultant Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Weymouth, Frimley, Farnborough Bristol or Coventry. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing leadership and guidance to Systems Engineers and Model-Based Systems Engineering practitioners, engineering teams and programme leadership to help them apply systems engineering effectively
• Working with the Chief Systems Engineer to undertake periodic audits on programmes to ensure that Systems Engineering guidance is being interpreted and implemented correctly
• Providing coaching, training and ad hoc support to Systems Engineering practitioners
• Providing consultancy support to Systems Engineering/Model-Based Systems Engineering framework leads to ensure that the frameworks are coherent and can be applied harmoniously in practical applications
• Working closely with transversal stakeholders to ensure that their specialist needs are incorporated coherently and maintained within the Systems Engineering programme activities
• Monitoring Systems Engineering developments and best practice in relevant domains, to make informed agreements about their adoption within the business

Your skills and experiences:

• A degree in a STEM subject, an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Strong understanding of modern systems engineering methodologies applied to large-scale system development, covering various system types, including IT/software-based systems and electrical or mechanical system design
• Hands-on experience with systems engineering techniques, including ontologies, modelling languages, architecture frameworks, processes, and associated tools
• Chartered status (or actively working towards achieving it)
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

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 team:

You will support the Chief Systems Engineer across three programmes, collaborating closely with programme teams to implement best practices. This role offers the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior programme leaders to specialist suppliers and contractors, providing valuable exposure across the business and opening up exciting development opportunities. 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. 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: 17th June 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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