Senior Combat Systems Engineer

Senior Combat Systems Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. Hybrid/flexible working arrangements.
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience.

• Working with the Combat Systems Engineering Manager in supporting the compilation of authoritative evidence to demonstrate that design intent has been achieved for a specific platform, ensuring design change has been holistically integrated.
• Ensuring that each design change safety case has integrity, is comprehensive, coherent, and consistent.
• Applying engineering knowledge and experience to complex engineering change process in the development of engineering impact assessment and supporting problem resolution.
• Supporting the collation of evidence for Naval Authority certification submissions.
• Providing technical support to the Class Lead Engineers and Platform Engineering Managers in support of engineering change embodiment.
• Supporting the development of team members (e.g., graduates, apprentices, STEM Returners) and teams to enhance skills and competencies such that technical capability objectives are fully achieved.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders as required, ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and their needs fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed.
• Providing suitable information or instruction for the team to undertake all activities in a safe and environmentally friendly way.
• Providing visible engagement and commitment to SHE, leading by example and acting on SHE concerns.

• Experience of in-service platform combat systems and/or considerable systems background.
• Performance assessment proficiency: validated knowledge in assessing and analysing the performance of complex combat systems.
• Test criteria development: ability to develop and implement rigorous test and acceptance criteria for system modifications and new equipment.
• Effective communication skills: ability to present technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior management.
• Management of change on complex platforms or systems.

Competitive pension scheme, 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.

We are seeking highly skilled Combat Systems Engineers to join our team. Our working approach allows you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about 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 achieve at a minimum 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.

9th January 2026

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: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Information Technology