Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Electrical Engineer

Location:

Portsmouth Naval Base

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:
Circa £49,100 (dependent on skills and experience)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role

Description:

As an engineer within the Warship Technical Authority, you will provide engineering support to programmes and projects within Warship Support. Such programmes/projects include Royal Navy surface ship support contracts, International naval support contracts, and internal and external engineering consultancy projects.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will support the delivery of one or more of the core WTA service elements for platform systems. This can include Design Change Management, Platform Technical Assurance, Material State Management, Obsolescence Management, Specialist Engineering Support, Future Support and Transformation Planning. As part of the Electrical Discipline, you will support technical leadership within your project, assist with governance activities and provide electrical engineering knowledge to platform systems engineering activities within the WTA.

Core Duties:

Provide electrical engineering support to a broad range of platform systems and equipment including but not limited to:
Power generation and distribution systems, Power conversion equipment, Motors and motor control equipment, Detection systems and lighting systems.

Provide support to Platform management and monitoring systems.

Assist with the maintenance of platform systems and equipment design integrity across diverse engineering contexts, including pan class and cross programme deployments.

Support structured investigations, impact assessments and integration analyses across platform systems for assigned projects to drive evidence-based decisions as directed by project(s) technical lead(s).

Support feasibility studies into potential platform and equipment changes.

Support safe, efficient implementation of platform systems design change by maintaining configuration control and ensuring holistic integration across affected domains.

Support development of bids for engineering activities

Essential

Skills:

Degree-level education or equivalent industry experience, demonstrating a solid understanding of technical concepts and their practical application

Able to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplined team considering all requirements.

Able to successfully communicate with various stakeholders at appropriate technical level.

Understanding of automation systems, including the ability to define and capture requirements and collaborate with suppliers on platform management systems

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 BAE Systems WTA Service Hub

BAE Systems WTA Service Hub provides the engineering services across a whole range of delivery projects within BAE Systems Maritime and Land Defence Solutions. This role will involve working across a number of Royal Navy platforms and interacting with a variety of different stakeholders from OEMs to MOD departments.

Activities will range from feasibility studies for the implementation of new capability on platforms through to support of final embodiment and testing.

Why BAE Systems?

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