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Job Title
Combat Systems Engineer – External Communications
Location
Frimley, Portsmouth Broad Oak or Weymouth. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available. Please speak to your recruiter about options for this role.
Salary
Negotiable depending on experience.
What you’ll be doing
* Capturing and agreeing technical requirements in accordance with company and programme processes.
* Reviewing technical solutions against contractual requirements and regulations for compliancy.
* Design documentation generated, captured, configured and controlled in accordance with company processes.
* Design change requirements and documentation generated, captured, configured and controlled in accordance with company processes.
* Captured and agreed input to appropriate Verification Cross‑Reference Index (VCRI), Integration, Test, Evaluation and Acceptance Plans (ITEAP) and Qualification Plans.
* Understand and interpret the User Needs, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Concept of Use (CONUSE) and be able to derive the technical and functional requirements for specific external communications systems.
* Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools (IBM DOORS) and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority.
* Understand the contractual and performance requirements for external communications systems and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning LCM process using CADMID.
* Understand and support the flow‑down of requirements to suppliers and acceptance of their specific deliverables, ensuring it is captured and recorded appropriately.
* Provide specialist technical support to shipbuilder installation, integration activities and commissioning activities (including in‑service refitting authorities).
* Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities, including acceptance of equipment from suppliers through to system acceptance by the customer.
Your skills and experiences
* Essential
* Knowledge of external (over‑the‑air) communications systems in the maritime defence domain and a comprehensive understanding of how such systems and associated activities interact with the overall platform (knowledge of the whole radio frequency spectrum, Data/Voice Communications and Systems Network Architecture). Platform and ideally sea experience in an operational, build, trials or in‑service support environment to understand the operational needs of a Combat System.
* Good awareness of Product Safety and SHE.
* Good communication skills and ability to interact with stakeholders.
* Desirable
* Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle with some experience of operating in a number of phases of the Engineering Lifecycle.
Benefits
Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts, and potential annual incentive.
About the ECS (External Communications Systems) team
You will be joining a tight‑knit and diverse team that shares knowledge and expertise. Challenges are met as a team, and you will have the opportunity to showcase stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
This role will lead areas such as Requirements Management and Testing & Integration of equipment into wider systems across Submarines. Exposure to a range of suppliers & customers. Relocation support packages available across all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems
Inclusive culture that values thought, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and provide reasonable adjustments for certain conditions. Note that many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions. Minimum baseline personnel security standard, additional vetting required for some roles.
Closing Date
27th November 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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