Senior Systems Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Coventry. This role involves supporting design solutions, managing requirements, and collaborating with engineering teams. Candidates should have knowledge of Systems Engineering processes and the engineering lifecycle. The company offers a competitive pension scheme, flexible benefits, and relocation support for eligible applicants.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Knowledge or experience of Systems Engineering processes and practices.
• Knowledge or previous exposure of the engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality.
• Participate in requirements management and ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve domain knowledge.

Skills

Systems Engineering processes

Knowledge of engineering lifecycle

ISO15288 framework awareness

Job description

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: West Midlands. 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:

• Supporting the development of design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones
• Involvement in the development and management of requirements specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme
• Ensuring design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority
• Participating in the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver, to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for various systems
• Working with various engineering teams to improve own levels of domain knowledge and subject matter expertise

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Knowledge or experience of Systems Engineering processes and practices
• Knowledge or previous exposure of the engineering lifecycle

Desirable:

• Knowledge or awareness of ISO15288 framework

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 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 endeavour.

We offer relocation support 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 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 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: 9th 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.