Senior Engineer Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation) (Millom)

Location: Barrow - Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working arrangements! Speak to your recruiter about the options available for this role.

Salary: Competitive

• Develop and Manage: System, product, and system-of-systems requirements with robust acceptance criteria aligned with program needs.
• Documentation: Produce comprehensive design review documentation, including diagrams, technical specifications, calculations, and justifications for design decisions.
• Support Design Certification: Prepare evidence and present complex technical arguments clearly and logically.
• Requirements Derivation: Create detailed hardware and software requirements for control systems, guiding suppliers in equipment design and specification.
• Functional Design Specifications: Oversee the creation and management of physical system interfaces and attribute signal-level functionality through system databases.
• Compliance Assurance: Conduct design verification and generate evidence to meet IEC 61508/61511 or equivalent functional safety standards.

• Education: Degree-qualified (BEng/MEng or equivalent), ideally working towards professional registration.
• Technical Writing: Comprehensive skills in technical report writing with experience across the engineering lifecycle.
• Standards Knowledge: Familiarity with defence standards is beneficial but not essential.
• Analytical Skills: Experience in system calculations, modelling, and analysis.
• Instrumentation Knowledge: Understanding of control theory (e.g., PID), control system architecture, or functional decomposition.
• Systems Engineering: Demonstrable ability to interpret and apply systems engineering principles in complex technical environments.

We offer a competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, and a wide range of flexible, discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits. This includes a green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and potential eligibility for an annual incentive!

Join a highly skilled group of 16 engineers at the forefront of SSNA (Successor/Next-Generation Submarine) platform development. Our team shapes, matures, and validates the most critical control systems, ensuring submarines operate reliably and safely in line with IEC 61508 and other functional safety standards. This is an exciting opportunity to play a direct role in defining the next generation of submarine control systems that must perform flawlessly in the world’s most demanding conditions.

We also offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

At BAE Systems, you can make a real difference! Join an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and strive to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Important Security Information: Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality, previous nationalities, and place of birth may restrict your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must achieve at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically necessitating 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK.

18th February 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you're interested, please submit your application as early as possible!

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