Job Title: Senior Engineer - Requirements and Acceptance
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow. 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 £50,000 depending on qualifications and experience
What you’ll be doing:
1. Supporting the management and maintenance of acceptance evidence, customer approvals and supplier approvals
2. Acting as a point of contact with customers and/ or suppliers in assigned areas on engineering matters, to resolve relatively complex problems and issues and to maintain awareness in both parties of priorities and objectives
3. Facilitating the management and maintenance of requirements using requirements development practices, including compliance details, traceability, acceptance characteristics, acceptance evidence and customer approvals
4. Providing help and direction to less experienced team members to support both their effective working and their development
5. Making engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority
6. Maintaining a level of SQEP for the role through personal and professional development
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
7. Understanding and expeirence of the engineering lifecycle
8. Knowledge of configuration management principles and software tools
9. Experience working within the Requirements and Acceptance stages of the engineering lifecycle
Desirable:
10. Competence and capability with requirements capture and management software tools e.g. the Rationale software tools such as DOORS, etc.
Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution.
Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation.
Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.
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.
The Requirements and Acceptance team:
This team plays a crucial role in the Type 26 programme, a team of professionals working across various functions such as engineering, supply chain, project planning and engaging with suppliers externally. Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Requirements & Acceptance, you will gain valuable exposure to business operations, seeing projects evolve from concept to completion. With opportunities for growth and development, you will collaborate to drive innovation, shaping the ship as it comes to life.
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: 30th June 2025 - Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 7th July.
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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