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Job title: Senior Mission Systems Engineer

Location: Warton

Salary: £47,683 – £52,426

What you’ll be doing:

The successful candidate will be expected to support the following activities that contribute to the development of the GCAP Mission System, applying a Model Based Systems Engineering approach:

Concept Development

Architecture Design

Requirements Analysis & management

Physical System Design (Computing Hardware and Interfaces)

Safety Requirement Analysis & Design

Security Requirement Analysis & Design

The role will also require you to:

Provide Technical experience to support a growing and developing team

Lead and support team meetings / DSUMs / Agile reviews

Support the creation of Engineering documents that form part of the Systems Engineering process

Drive and coordinate collaboration with team members, multi-disciplinary internal specialists, and external partners

Collaborate and communicate effectively with international partners from Japan and Italy

Your skills and experiences:

A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience

Systems Engineering and Engineering lifecycle experience

Ability to work in a multi-partner / multi-national environment

Knowledge of systems engineering methods and tools (e.g. UML/SysML, CAMEO, MBSE)

Avionics System Development experience (desirable but not essential)

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Mission Systems Delivery team:

You will be part of the Mission Systems Delivery Team (MSDT) delivering the Mission System design for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). The team uses an agile work planning process to develop mission system concept options, architectures and designs for the GCAP Mission System. The MSDT Tier 3 Architecting and Concept Integration team is responsible for developing the following areas:

Survivability; Cockpit/HMI; Stores Management; Communications; Navigation; Sensors and Non-Kinetic Effects; Electronic Warfare; Health Management; Mission Management.

The role is in the North West of England, based at our Warton site. There is limited amount of Hybrid working that enables some home working. There will also be opportunities to work at other BAE Systems locations throughout the UK as well as Customer and Industry Partner sites across the UK, Italy and Japan. Flexibility is key to delivering this role.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 17th April 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