Senior Combat Systems Engineer
// Role Summary
Join BAE Systems as a Senior Combat Systems Engineer in Portsmouth, contributing to advanced naval defence solutions. This hybrid role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of maritime security.
// Key Responsibilities
- Provide engineering support to Royal Navy surface ship contracts, international naval support, and consultancy.
- Contribute to design change, technical assurance, material state, and obsolescence management.
- Support technical leadership and wider systems engineering processes.
- Engage with diverse stakeholders including MOD, Overseas Navies, and OEMs.
- Maintain platform systems design integrity and support integration across domains.
// Role Specification
Senior Combat Systems Engineer
Join BAE Systems and become part of a global team dedicated to pioneering progress and protecting what matters most. You will play a crucial role in delivering advanced, technology-led defence solutions, shaping a safer future.
Role Overview
Within the Warship Technical Authority (WTA), you will provide essential engineering support to programmes and projects across Warship Support. This includes work on Royal Navy surface ship contracts, international naval support, and consultancy activities. You will contribute to core service elements, manage technical change, and ensure the integrity of combat systems.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Provide combat systems engineering support across a range of platforms and programmes, including Combat Management Systems, sensors, effectors, networks, and weapons systems.
- Support assigned projects by liaising with internal and external stakeholders such as the MOD, Overseas Navies, OEMs, and project teams.
- Assist in maintaining the integrity of systems design across diverse engineering contexts, including pan-class and cross-programme deployments.
- Support structured investigations, impact assessments, and integration analyses to drive evidence-based decisions.
- Ensure the safe and efficient implementation of platform systems design change through configuration control and holistic integration.
- Assist with the collation of evidence for safety case maintenance and certification submissions.
- Support the WTA Combat Systems technical lead for your assigned projects.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Knowledge of typical UK naval domains with a background in combat systems, electrical engineering, or munitions.
- Understanding of defence and maritime standards applicable to the UK MOD and awareness of requirements for overseas customers.
- Sound understanding of the engineering lifecycle.
- Degree qualified or equivalent in Systems/Combat Systems/Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Commitment to working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
About the Team:
This position is within the Warship Technical Authority (WTA) Service Hub, part of the Asset Management team within Warship Support. The WTA provides naval whole ship, systems, and equipment engineering support and change management.
Why BAE Systems?
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