Job Title:
Principal Electrical Power
Engineer
Location:
Barrow-in-Furness or Filton
– Hybrid – (Barrow – 2 days a fortnight onsite; 1 day a week onsite
at Filton) depending on business needs
Salary:
Up to £55k (commensurate
with skills and experience)
What you’ll be
doing:
Functional design and
definition of Electrical Power Systems
equipment
Authoring and reviewing
technical documentation
Managing associated
technical risks, assumptions and
dependencies
Providing advice on
electrical power technical aspects across a broad range of
engineering disciplines
Engaging with customers and
suppliers to provide solutions to complex
problems
Taking a leading role by
guiding more junior members of the team through the systems
definition process
Opportunity to travel to
various locations throughout the UK, including various BAE,
customer and supplier sites
Your skills
and experiences:
Essential
Degree qualified Electrical
Engineering or equivalent Engineering
experience
Engineering Chartership
required (or significant progress towards Chartership can be
demonstrated)
Significant knowledge of AC
and DC electrical power systems
Strong analytical and
problem solving skills
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.
Electrical
Power Systems Definition team:
Working on the UK’s
next-generation SSN design that incorporates technology from the
UK, Australia and the United States you will be part of the
Electrical Power team responsible for defining the needs of
equipment, defining the system elements required to feed into the
submarine design and build process, including design documentation,
spatial modelling and build outputs. 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:
12th 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.
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