Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes, Portsmouth Broad Oak or Chelmsford – Great Baddow.
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Salary: up to £75,900, commensurate with skills and experience. Part‑time and accruing hours are available.
What you’ll be doing
* Developing novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex radar systems that our customers and end‑user communities are facing.
* 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.
* Conducting system design analysis to manage trade‑offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust product design.
* Leading the decomposition of requirements to system and sub‑system level and managing these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next.
* Acting as a technical focus point with a holistic understanding of the system solution, leading analysis activities and system design decisions and providing guidance to your team.
* 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.
* Directing and undertaking system integration, test planning and execution.
* Defining and articulating system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios to internal and external stakeholders.
Skills and Experience
* Experience of systems design, integration & test.
* Understanding of systems and product lifecycles from concept through to delivery.
* Understanding of a range of engineering disciplines (software, mechanical, electrical).
* Understanding of radar systems is desirable, though not essential if complementary skills demonstrate a capacity to learn new technologies quickly and effectively.
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to all levels within the organisation and externally.
* Experience of presenting both technical and non‑technical information in a formal setting.
* Degree (or equivalent) 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.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
BAE Systems is committed to an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers individuals to fulfil their potential. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about reasonable adjustments. Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions; applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard and, where required, higher levels of national security vetting.
Closing Date
Closing Date: 26th January 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
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