Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer Location: Chelmsford Great Baddow We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Up to 75,900 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available. Part time & accruing hours available Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options. Put yourself into a dynamic Principal Systems Engineering role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and contribute to our strategy for new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Systems Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us. What youll be doing: 1. Developing novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing 2. Applying a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques and governance to steer and develop technical solutions and resolve engineering issues 3. Conducting system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust product design 4. Leading the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next 5. Be a technical focus point with a holistic understanding of the system solution, leading analysis activities and system design decisions and providing guidance to own team 6. Collaborating with specialists across different engineering disciplines including electronics, electrical, mechanical, software and radar subject matter experts to direct and realise overarching system design solutions 7. Directing and undertaking system integration, test planning and execution 8. Defining and articulating system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios to internal and external stakeholders Your skills and experiences: 9. Experience of systems design, integration & test 10. An understanding of Systems and Product lifecycles from concept through to delivery 11. An understanding of a range of Engineering disciplines (Software, Mechanical, Electrical) 12. An understanding of Radar Systems is desirable, although not essential if other complementary skills demonstrate a capacity to understand new technologies quickly and effectively 13. Good inter-personal skills with the ability to communicate to all levels within the organisation and externally 14. Experience of presenting both technical and non-technical information in a formal setting 15. Degree (or equivalent) qualified in an engineering or science discipline 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.