Principal Engineer – Platform Monitoring and Controls
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Lead Sourcing Specialist - BAE Recruitment Centre at AMS
Job Title: Principal Engineer – Platform Monitoring and Controls
Location: Scotstoun/Filton. 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 £60,000 depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
* Support to engineers at supplier sites and regular, direct engagement with T26 counterparts to obtain and share best practice
* Management and mentoring of junior engineers in the Platform Monitoring & Control team to support the scope as agreed with the PM&C Engineering Manager
* Working with stakeholders across the platform to understand the technical impact of incoming changes and ensuring alignment in change impact assessments with the supplier
* Support to PM&C engineers in Australia in resolving technical queries with UK counterparts and the supplier, and representation of PM&C in UK forums
* Leading UK functional integration activities and engaging with system owners to enable delivery of PMS software
Essential
Your skills and experiences:
* Proven track record of leading effort in PM&C design activities.
* Knowledge of previous Naval Ships and/or Australian platforms and their approaches to distributed control systems
* Good working experience in complex programs and multi-disciplinary teams
* Good working experience in more than one phase of Life Cycle Management, with sufficient experience of the total LCM to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues
* Understanding of the need to capture and maintain design data generated for use by the project and the tools and techniques so used, particularly database centric toolsets
Desirable
* Knowledge of T26 PMS system: PMS signal schedule, PMS functional specifications and interface control documents
* Some knowledge of other Platform Systems (e.g. Auxiliaries, HVAC, Electrical, Power and Propulsion) and Combat Systems would be beneficial.
* Some knowledge of the Commonwealth of Australia customer and key HCF design changes would be beneficial
* Knowledge of the HCF program, Zonal program, and Mod Pack program needs/stakeholders
* Prior use of HCF project toolsets (e.g. DOORS, System Architect, Windchill, JIRA, Visio)
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.
HCF Platform Monitoring And Control (PM&C) UK Team
Successful delivery of the Platform Management System (PMS) is one of the key activities on the HCF program critical path which needs to be achieved to deliver the ship on schedule for the customer. This role is vital to ensuring that the delivery team and the suppliers deliver a product that, once fully integrated, incorporates all required changes to the platform. The role is crucial in managing the design dependency with the T26 Reference Ship Design and ensuring effective embodiment of HCF change into the HCF design by the supplier.
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: 1st September 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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
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Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing
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