8,764 Senior Level Engineering jobs in the United Kingdom

Available locations: Bristol or London 

Working Style: 3 days a week in office, 2 days anywhere

Why this job matters

The transformation of our working practices to include automation in all aspects of our business is key to our ability to respond and succeed.  This role requires you to bring your software development skills and experience to deliver automation and software products designed to take code and configuration through stages of test and validation into production.  You will be working with colleagues to work towards a zero touch approach from artefact delivery to deployment, operation and ultimately decommissioning.  Our customers and stakeholders rely on us to keep up with the pace of change across the mobile industry.  Our business relies on us to keep up with the rate of delivery from our suppliers.  Our shareholders rely on us to continually improve our ability to deliver business value quickly, effectively and accurately.  This role will put you at the heart of delivering on the future strategy of our business.

What you’ll be doing

• Supports on the implementation of technical solutions for both customers and colleagues and delivers on the resolution of inter-system issues, working within cross-functional squads to assist in creating and implementing technical solutions for a domain or cross domain activity within a specific technology area
• Supports in the execution of technical decisions, technology choices and architecture for a wide range of high-performance products, capabilities, and platforms, effectively balancing short-term impact with long-term transformation
• Supports the design and development of software solutions in accordance with the wider architecture and security standards
• Undertakes technical reviews to continually update knowledge and skills in software engineering principles and practices, ensuring a base level of technical specialism proficiency to enable industry and quality standards to positively impact work and customers
• Supports with the designs of technical specifications and development of software solutions of smaller and /or less complex initiatives in partnership with team, contributing towards the quality of delivery
• Writes, tests and reviews code, refining and rewriting as necessary under supervision and communicates to engineering professionals and colleagues involved in the project
• Integrates existing software products and solves routine problems to enable incompatible platforms to work together
• Maintains systems by monitoring and correcting software defects
• Supports the implementation and maintenance of high-quality tools and automation processes to support continuous delivery and developer productivity
• Supports the delivery of an ambitious and compelling technical roadmap to meet the needs of the business, engineering team, and partner teams
• May support engineering and operational excellence initiatives, assisting with implementing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement
• Supports in the implementation of ways to improve working processes within the area of software engineering responsibility

Skills you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field or relevant experience. 
• Programming/Scripting: Applies a computer language to communicate with computers using a set of instructions and to automate the execution of tasks. 
• Agile Development: Uses a group of methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organising cross-functional teams. 
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation: Tests each change done to a codebase automatically and as early as possible, pushing changes to a staging or production system. 
• Troubleshooting: Applies problem solving methods to repair failed products or processes. 
• Debugging: Finds and resolves bugs within computer programmes, software or systems. 
• Version Control: Tracks and manages changes to software code. 
• IT Security: Protects information and information systems against unauthorised access or modification of information. 
• Decision Making: Gathers information, and analyses different scenarios, assesses alternative resolutions and reaches a decision. 
• Growth Mindset: The belief that talent, ability and skills can be developed through a commitment to continuous learning and reflection

Experience you'll have

Mandatory:

• Python
• Version Control - Gitlab

Nice to have:

• Java
• Gitlab CI
• CI/CD
• Docker
• Building and testing APIs (any framework)
• Unit testing
• Requirement gathering
• Previous experience working in a software development team

Benefits

At BT, we entertain, educate and empower millions of people every single day. We’re a brand built on connecting people – whether that’s friends, family, businesses or communities. Working here, you’ll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you’ll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration and inclusivity.

• 25 days annual leave (plus

Hybrid 3 days a week together out of our  Birmingham, Snowhill offices (flexible 2 days remote wherever).

Why this job matters

We’re looking for a SAP Payroll Product Engineering Professional to help deliver reliable, compliant, and scalable payroll solutions across BT. This role is ideal for someone with solid SAP technical foundations—particularly in SAP Payroll (Employee Central Payroll) —and a desire to grow their impact in a collaborative, digitally focused environment.You’ll work closely with HR, payroll, and IT teams to support accurate and timely payroll processing, drive system enhancements, and contribute to BT’s digital transformation. Whether you’re resolving technical issues, designing service components, or supporting multi-country payroll operations, your work will help shape the future of payroll at BT.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage and support SAP Payroll systems to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.
• Maintain and update payroll configurations in line with business and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with HR, payroll, and IT teams to troubleshoot issues and implement enhancements.
• Support the transition between SAP on-premise and Employee Central Payroll cloud solutions.
• Contribute to service design for digital fulfilment journeys and legacy rationalisation.
• Monitor system performance and resolve payroll-related technical problems.
• Support multi-country payroll expansions (e.g. Ireland, India) ensuring local compliance.
• Document processes, changes, and configurations to maintain knowledge continuity.
• Engage with stakeholders to align product vision and deliver business outcomes.

The skills you’ll need to succeed

• SAP Payroll : Experience with SAP Payroll Schema, PCRs, Functions, Operations, and Enhancements.
• Technical proficiency : Familiarity with HR Forms, Payslip creation/modification, Payroll Control Center, and Business Integration Builder.
• Service design experience : Ability to produce high-quality, architecturally compliant designs aligned with BT’s roadmap.
• Digital and agile mindset : Understanding of lean and agile methodologies and working in cross-functional squads.
• Stakeholder engagement : Ability to collaborate with business leads, architects, and senior managers to manage expectations and deliver value.
• Problem-solving : Strong analytical skills to resolve complex payroll and system issues.
• Communication : Clear and confident communicator, able to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Compliance awareness : Understanding of payroll regulations and ability to ensure system alignment with legal standards.
• Connected leader behaviours : Demonstrates solution-focused achievement, collaborative partnership, and customer-centric thinking.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

Benefits

• An annual bonus of up to 10% (company & personal performance dependent)
• BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• Life Assurance
• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
• 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
• BT TV, including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
• Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
• Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
• 25 days annual leave (not including

Recruiter: Luke Byrne

Career Grade: E

Internal Closing Date: 7/9/25

Locations: London, Ipswich or Birmingham 

Why this job matters

Professional Services was formed as a progressive development towards the convergence of multiple domains across BT. We pride ourselves on providing expert third line support to an extensive range of services; ensuring the required levels of availability are maintained. The team is widely recognised for getting things done, while making transformational improvements along the way. We do this by ensuring we have the right people to achieve our high ambitions.
We are seeking a passionate Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), to join the unit. This role will specialise in engineering with a curious approach towards automation. Candidates will be required to leverage their knowledge in engineering and use software to transform the way we interact with networks. A key responsibility will be investigating and learning new technologies, so a desire to learn is equally as valuable as experience.
As part of this role, you’ll directly contribute to improving reliability, scalability, and performance of services by driving automation, monitoring, and operational excellence across a number of environments.

What you’ll be doing

•    Is accountable for the delivery of routine daily activities for system design, build, testing, validation, maintenance, monitoring and ongoing support of all network infrastructure components.
•    Participate and be the technical lead on incidents within immediate domain and be part of PIR write up and solution.
•    Propose and implement innovations for continuous improvement within immediate area.
•    Executing the implementation of complex change in line with change management best practices and the associated governance.
•    Providing 365x24/7 operational support for faults that span a range of platform domains i.e. out of hours change and callout.
•    Managing stakeholder and demand expectations through cross area engagement.
•    Developing technical capability through continued learning and use BT’s learning tools.
•    Will champion and build effective working relationships, both internally and externally to deliver business outcomes, adding value throughout. 
•    Responsible for delivering the change execution and assurance of Fixed Network platforms managed by network engineering technology services.

•    Integration: Collaborate with design & platform teams and support the Implementation of flawless change into the live network, prioritising the use of automation.
•    Observability:  Developing bespoke monitoring solutions to improve visibility of the network 
•    Automation Tools: Utilise tools such as Ansible and Python to provision and manage infrastructure resources in a scalable and efficient manner.
•    Technical Acumen: Apply your understanding of network principles to troubleshoot network faults within our systems and look at how you can optimize performance and enhance security across our infrastructure.
•    Customer Focus: Be a technical expert who understands the end-to-end journey of our customers.

Skills and Experience

The skills you’ll need to succeed
•    You will be fully conversant and comply with Change Management processes and the supporting governance.

•    You will be confident and professional in communicating with all stakeholders, both locally and with members of the Senior Management Team.

•    You will have awareness of the E2E customer service journeys.

•    You will be able to adapt to emerging and evolving technologies, in line with the Technology Career Map.

•    You will have the ability to work in a high-pressure environment.

•   Incident response to resolution.
•    You've advocated and applied technology where it has not been used previously.
•    You've delivered results when the deliverables were unclear.
•    You have worked in a high-pressure operational environment.
•    Experience in completing changes in a live network and system environment.
•    Experience in learning new technologies and aiding the development of others.

 Must have 
•    Experience in an Optical Transmission Environment: Proven experience in a fast-paced Optical Transmission setting, managing and troubleshooting large-scale networks.

•    Network Fundamentals: Knowledge of transport technology principles, including OTN, SDH and WDM.

•    Technical Proficiency: Understanding of network architecture, design, and implementation.
•    Programming Proficiency: Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or Ansible. 

•    Growth Mindset: Self-driven attitude towards learning new skills and aiding the development of others.

•    OS Administration: System administration skills, across an array of operating systems such as linux, windows etc.

•    Automation: Fundamental understanding of at least one approach to network automation, such as Python or Ansible, as well as a familiarity with CI/CD orchestration. 

Desired
•    Linux Administration: Linux system administration skills, with a focus on performance optimisation, security, and automation.

•    Vendor Hardware Expertise: Hands-on experience with hardware from leading vendors such as Huawei, Ciena and Nokia.

•    Awareness of virtualised environments: Virtual machines & containerisation 

•    Awareness of CI/CD: Appreciation of the principles and benefits

Benefits

•    10% on target bonus
•    BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
•    From January 2025, equal family leave:  receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
•    Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
•    25 days annual leave (not including

Job title: Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake and define functional design and/or provide specialist advice and qualification of their scope of responsibility and provide evidence for acceptance and fitness for purpose
• Obtain confirmation beyond reasonable doubt by review, surveillance and audit that those assumptions, underpinning engineering data, analysis methodologies, and interpretation of results have been validated, assisting to define the requirements therein
• Produce evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities
• Lead the identification and rapid closure of issues emerging from all product lifecycle stages and to manage the resulting change embodiment activities
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
• Provide realistic programme status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans
• Lead assurance activities that determine the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, in providing supporting documentation for the safety case
• To be able to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HSandE Management System documentation e.g. Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in the use of mechanical engineering principles and practices
• Proficient in classical stress analysis, with a strong ability to apply relevant first principles/standard or code-based formula
• Experienced in finite element analysis methods and/or software, or appropriate significant experience assessing such reports
• Experience in the manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing processes employed within the business or comparable industries
• Ability to apply naval and industry standards, including relevant and environmental regulations
• BENg – Charted Engineer or working towards Chartership
• Bachelor/Master Degree with significant experience

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 Structural Engineering team:

As the Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering you will execute, evaluate, deliver and manage complex engineering and/or cross functional tasks or programmes of work recognising stakeholder and customer requirements. You will also identify and implement opportunities for personal and team development to ensure that professional capability of the business and individual are maintained and improved. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11^th September 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.

#LI-MS1

#LI-Hybrid

Job title: Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake and define functional design and/or provide specialist advice and qualification of their scope of responsibility and provide evidence for acceptance and fitness for purpose
• Obtain confirmation beyond reasonable doubt by review, surveillance and audit that those assumptions, underpinning engineering data, analysis methodologies, and interpretation of results have been validated, assisting to define the requirements therein
• Produce evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities
• Lead the identification and rapid closure of issues emerging from all product lifecycle stages and to manage the resulting change embodiment activities
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
• Provide realistic programme status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans
• Lead assurance activities that determine the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, in providing supporting documentation for the safety case
• To be able to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HSandE Management System documentation e.g. Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in the use of mechanical engineering principles and practices
• Proficient in classical stress analysis, with a strong ability to apply relevant first principles/standard or code-based formula
• Experienced in finite element analysis methods and/or software, or appropriate significant experience assessing such reports
• Experience in the manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing processes employed within the business or comparable industries
• Ability to apply naval and industry standards, including relevant and environmental regulations
• BENg – Charted Engineer or working towards Chartership
• Bachelor/Master Degree with significant experience

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 Structural Engineering team:

As the Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering you will execute, evaluate, deliver and manage complex engineering and/or cross functional tasks or programmes of work recognising stakeholder and customer requirements. You will also identify and implement opportunities for personal and team development to ensure that professional capability of the business and individual are maintained and improved. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11^th September 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.

#LI-MS1

#LI-Hybrid

Job title: Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake and define functional design and/or provide specialist advice and qualification of their scope of responsibility and provide evidence for acceptance and fitness for purpose
• Obtain confirmation beyond reasonable doubt by review, surveillance and audit that those assumptions, underpinning engineering data, analysis methodologies, and interpretation of results have been validated, assisting to define the requirements therein
• Produce evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities
• Lead the identification and rapid closure of issues emerging from all product lifecycle stages and to manage the resulting change embodiment activities
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
• Provide realistic programme status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans
• Lead assurance activities that determine the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, in providing supporting documentation for the safety case
• To be able to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HSandE Management System documentation e.g. Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in the use of mechanical engineering principles and practices
• Proficient in classical stress analysis, with a strong ability to apply relevant first principles/standard or code-based formula
• Experienced in finite element analysis methods and/or software, or appropriate significant experience assessing such reports
• Experience in the manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing processes employed within the business or comparable industries
• Ability to apply naval and industry standards, including relevant and environmental regulations
• BENg – Charted Engineer or working towards Chartership
• Bachelor/Master Degree with significant experience

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 Structural Engineering team:

As the Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering you will execute, evaluate, deliver and manage complex engineering and/or cross functional tasks or programmes of work recognising stakeholder and customer requirements. You will also identify and implement opportunities for personal and team development to ensure that professional capability of the business and individual are maintained and improved. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11^th September 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.

#LI-MS1

#LI-Hybrid

Job title: Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake and define functional design and/or provide specialist advice and qualification of their scope of responsibility and provide evidence for acceptance and fitness for purpose
• Obtain confirmation beyond reasonable doubt by review, surveillance and audit that those assumptions, underpinning engineering data, analysis methodologies, and interpretation of results have been validated, assisting to define the requirements therein
• Produce evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities
• Lead the identification and rapid closure of issues emerging from all product lifecycle stages and to manage the resulting change embodiment activities
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
• Provide realistic programme status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans
• Lead assurance activities that determine the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, in providing supporting documentation for the safety case
• To be able to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HSandE Management System documentation e.g. Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in the use of mechanical engineering principles and practices
• Proficient in classical stress analysis, with a strong ability to apply relevant first principles/standard or code-based formula
• Experienced in finite element analysis methods and/or software, or appropriate significant experience assessing such reports
• Experience in the manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing processes employed within the business or comparable industries
• Ability to apply naval and industry standards, including relevant and environmental regulations
• BENg – Charted Engineer or working towards Chartership
• Bachelor/Master Degree with significant experience

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 Structural Engineering team:

As the Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering you will execute, evaluate, deliver and manage complex engineering and/or cross functional tasks or programmes of work recognising stakeholder and customer requirements. You will also identify and implement opportunities for personal and team development to ensure that professional capability of the business and individual are maintained and improved. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11^th September 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.

#LI-MS1

#LI-Hybrid

Job title: Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake and define functional design and/or provide specialist advice and qualification of their scope of responsibility and provide evidence for acceptance and fitness for purpose
• Obtain confirmation beyond reasonable doubt by review, surveillance and audit that those assumptions, underpinning engineering data, analysis methodologies, and interpretation of results have been validated, assisting to define the requirements therein
• Produce evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities
• Lead the identification and rapid closure of issues emerging from all product lifecycle stages and to manage the resulting change embodiment activities
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
• Provide realistic programme status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans
• Lead assurance activities that determine the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, in providing supporting documentation for the safety case
• To be able to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HSandE Management System documentation e.g. Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in the use of mechanical engineering principles and practices
• Proficient in classical stress analysis, with a strong ability to apply relevant first principles/standard or code-based formula
• Experienced in finite element analysis methods and/or software, or appropriate significant experience assessing such reports
• Experience in the manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing processes employed within the business or comparable industries
• Ability to apply naval and industry standards, including relevant and environmental regulations
• BENg – Charted Engineer or working towards Chartership
• Bachelor/Master Degree with significant experience

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 Structural Engineering team:

As the Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering you will execute, evaluate, deliver and manage complex engineering and/or cross functional tasks or programmes of work recognising stakeholder and customer requirements. You will also identify and implement opportunities for personal and team development to ensure that professional capability of the business and individual are maintained and improved. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11^th September 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.

#LI-MS1

#LI-Hybrid

Job title: Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake and define functional design and/or provide specialist advice and qualification of their scope of responsibility and provide evidence for acceptance and fitness for purpose
• Obtain confirmation beyond reasonable doubt by review, surveillance and audit that those assumptions, underpinning engineering data, analysis methodologies, and interpretation of results have been validated, assisting to define the requirements therein
• Produce evidence in support of qualification, legislative requirements and safety justifications and provide specialist support for associated activities
• Lead the identification and rapid closure of issues emerging from all product lifecycle stages and to manage the resulting change embodiment activities
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
• Provide realistic programme status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans
• Lead assurance activities that determine the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, in providing supporting documentation for the safety case
• To be able to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HSandE Management System documentation e.g. Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in the use of mechanical engineering principles and practices
• Proficient in classical stress analysis, with a strong ability to apply relevant first principles/standard or code-based formula
• Experienced in finite element analysis methods and/or software, or appropriate significant experience assessing such reports
• Experience in the manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing processes employed within the business or comparable industries
• Ability to apply naval and industry standards, including relevant and environmental regulations
• BENg – Charted Engineer or working towards Chartership
• Bachelor/Master Degree with significant experience

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 Structural Engineering team:

As the Principal Engineer – Structural Engineering you will execute, evaluate, deliver and manage complex engineering and/or cross functional tasks or programmes of work recognising stakeholder and customer requirements. You will also identify and implement opportunities for personal and team development to ensure that professional capability of the business and individual are maintained and improved. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11^th September 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.

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