Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power)

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Job Title: Principal Electrical Power Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Filton – Hybrid – (Barrow – 2 days a fortnight onsite; 1 day a week onsite at Filton) depending on business needs
Salary: Up to £55k (commensurate with skills and experience)
What you’ll be doing:
Functional design and definition of Electrical Power Systems equipment
Authoring and reviewing technical documentation
Managing associated technical risks, assumptions and dependencies
Providing advice on electrical power technical aspects across a broad range of engineering disciplines
Engaging with customers and suppliers to provide solutions to complex problems
Taking a leading role by guiding more junior members of the team through the systems definition process
Opportunity to travel to various locations throughout the UK, including various BAE, customer and supplier sites
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
Degree qualified Electrical Engineering or equivalent Engineering experience
Engineering Chartership required (or significant progress towards Chartership can be demonstrated)
Significant knowledge of AC and DC electrical power systems
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
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.
Electrical Power Systems Definition team:
Working on the UK’s next- SSN design that incorporates technology from the UK, Australia and the United States you will be part of the Electrical Power team responsible for defining the needs of equipment, defining the system elements required to feed into the submarine design and build process, including design documentation, spatial modelling and build outputs. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
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 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 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 , any 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 Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 31st August 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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