Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Warton, on site, 5 days per week on site
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: £51,772+ (DOE)
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.
Job Description:
The Senior Systems Engineer will support the FCAS/GCAP programme, contributing to the development of Prognostic Health Usage Monitoring System (PHUMS) approaches while applying modern engineering frameworks, standards, and tools. The role focuses on developing concepts and collaborating with customers and suppliers to define PHUMS requirements and specifications for prognostics, usage, and health management capabilities.
Core duties:
* Working within an international team to develop Prognostic Health Usage Monitoring System (PHUMS) solutions, contributing to a complex, fast-paced programme
* Supporting engagement with customers and industry experts to elicit and capture user and system requirements for FCAS & GCAP PHUMS
* Contributing to concepts and approaches for end-to-end PHUMS implementation, management, and delivery for FCAS
* Supporting PHUMS specification and requirements during design and development, and overseeing implementation into service
* Contributing to lifecycle strategies and plans for PHUMS development and delivery
* Ensuring integration of PHUMS with wider programme areas, including IT, digital, infrastructure, and air platform interfaces
Essential Skills:
* HND (Level 5) or degree in a relevant STEM field, or equivalent engineering experience
* Knowledge of diagnostic, prognostic, health, and usage monitoring (PHUMS) principles and techniques
* Experience developing requirements and specifications for complex systems
* Experience defining requirements for ground-based systems (e.g. off-board PHUMS)
* Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methods (e.g. MooD, CAMEO, SysML, MagicGrid)
The FCAS Supportability Engineering team:
A vacancy is available within the growing FCAS Supportability Engineering Team, offering the opportunity to influence both on-board PHUMS and testability design, as well as off-board PHUMS solutions. The next-generation combat air system at the heart of FCAS requires an equally advanced support solution, with an integrated PHUMS capability playing a key role in meeting customer performance and capability needs.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
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: 12th May 2026
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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