Senior Combat Systems Engineer
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Occupation Type
Electronics engineers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£52,000
(£26.67 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Job Title: Senior Combat Systems Engineer
Salary: up to £49,100 + depending on skills and experience
Location: Scotstoun – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
What You’ll Be Doing
Salary: up to £49,100 + depending on skills and experience
Location: Scotstoun – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
What You’ll Be Doing
- Undertake the physical integration of RCD Combat System (CS) Sub-Systems, coordinating with CS Technical Leads and RCD Technical Authorities to ensure coherency across the CS whilst considering the incorporation of whole ship and system requirements.
- Maintain and manage physical and transverse information for RCD CS Sub-Systems within Naval Ships toolsets, including creation and control of parts and occurrences aligned to sub-system maturity.
- Collaborate and maintain effective partnerships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders (including customers) to provide dedicated technical guidance and support to achieve overall goals and compliance to standards, regulations and design rules.
- Provide technical input in Engineering Change Boards and innovate when defining solutions to minimise project risk and maximise likelihood of successful implementation.
Your skills and experiences:
- Experience of systems physical and functional integration of a Combat Systems
- Worked in typically two phases of the product lifecycle in the defence/maritime industry, with sufficient experience of the lifecycle to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues.
- Experience of liaising with external stakeholders and can work confidently in a customer facing environment,
- The ability to coach, mentor & assist others in CS Physical Integration tasks and good people management skills and experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment.
- An Understanding of engineering processes and procedures.
Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation.
Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.
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.
Combat Systems Platform Integration Team
Our team delivers key Combat Systems Physical Integration activities in line with Naval Ship processes, standards, and quality requirements. Senior team members hold technical accountability for their scope, carrying out audits and quality checks to ensure accurate, compliant, and fully integrated engineering outputs.
The team promotes best practice through coaching and technical leadership, with senior practitioners also deputising for the Combat Systems Principal Engineer or Technical Lead when required.
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 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 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
Combat Systems Platform Integration Team
Our team delivers key Combat Systems Physical Integration activities in line with Naval Ship processes, standards, and quality requirements. Senior team members hold technical accountability for their scope, carrying out audits and quality checks to ensure accurate, compliant, and fully integrated engineering outputs.
The team promotes best practice through coaching and technical leadership, with senior practitioners also deputising for the Combat Systems Principal Engineer or Technical Lead when required.
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 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 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
:18th March 2026- interviews w/c 23rd March 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.
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.