Jobs at BAE Systems in South Africa

Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Requirements & Acceptance)

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 dependant on experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide expert knowledge in system requirements and acceptance activities, ensuring compliance with contractual and performance standards
• Define and manage system requirements, acceptance criteria, and validation events throughout design, build, and commissioning
• Lead stakeholder needs analysis and ensure high-quality system requirements align with their expectations
• Oversee validation evidence and manage requirements to ensure proper closure and stakeholder acceptance
• Ensure compliance with contractual, safety, environmental, and business standards, processes, and procedure
• Validate and document design proving evidence with appropriate endorsements
• Support estimates for project scope, resources, and governance during bids and planning
• Document and share domain knowledge to build organizational expertise
• Provide technical guidance and assist engineering management in planning and oversight of specialist activities

Your skills and experiences:

• Extensive knowledge and expertise in Systems Engineering, including requirements and acceptance processes and practices, particularly within the defense, maritime, or closely related industries, with the ability to align work within the broader business context
• Comprehensive understanding of the engineering lifecycle, with hands-on experience in the relevant phase of the role and an awareness of the complete lifecycle
• Strong technical understanding of how their work fits within the overall product, platform, or program
• Familiarity with interconnected projects, products, programs, domains, disciplines, and functional teams within submarines or similar external organizations
• Understanding of Product Safety and Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) standards and practices

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:

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. 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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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.

Closing Date: 9th April 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.