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Job DescriptionJoin Our Team as a Senior Systems Engineer!\n\n

Location: Rochester

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We offer both full-time and part-time opportunities—talk to your recruiter about the options that suit you best!

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Salary: £45,000 – £60,000, depending on your skills and experience.

\n\nWhat You’ll Be Doing:\n

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping innovative solutions. Your responsibilities will include:

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\n Understanding our customers’ complex needs and collaborating to develop, validate, and manage requirements at multiple levels. \n

Creating intricate system architectures and sub-systems using a Model Based Systems Engineering approach. \n

Integrating, analyzing, and testing real-time systems that encompass various technical disciplines, including electronics, mechanics, optics, and software. \n

Taking accountability for collaborative technical work package execution and associated outcomes. \n

Providing guidance, coaching, and nurturing talent in fellow engineers. \n

Ensuring customer needs are met and exceeded. \n

Driving new and improved systems development through implementation, utilizing best practices in systems lifecycle processes, along with techniques like Learn First and Agile. \n

\n\nYour Skills and Experiences:\n

Essential:

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\n Proven experience in developing systems in relevant product markets, such as control systems or safety-related systems, across multiple technical disciplines. \n

Experience in requirements management, design analyses, modeling, and simulation using tools like DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, MATLAB, and/or Simulink. \n

A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g., Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics). \n

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Desirable:

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\n Experience in integration, testing, and verification of real-time and/or safety-related systems, with an understanding of safety assessment processes. \n

Customer and/or supplier liaison experience for technical aspects, ensuring customer needs are satisfied. \n

An understanding of information assurance, cyber security, and environmental impact aspects related to real-time embedded engineering products. \n

\n\nBenefits:\n

We believe in rewarding our team! You’ll enjoy:

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\n A competitive pension scheme. \n

Enhanced annual leave allowance. \n

A Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan. \n

Flexible working options. \n

Access to an employee assistance program, Cycle2work, and employee discounts. \n

Potential eligibility for an annual incentive. \n

\n\nThe Systems Engineering Team:\n

Join a dynamic team dedicated to developing and supplying products across a diverse mix of commercial and military platforms, including Head Up and Head Worn Displays, Safety Critical Pilot Control, and Flight Control Systems. We encourage our Systems Engineers to gain a breadth of knowledge across these domains, becoming subject matter experts in one or more product areas or systems engineering specialisms.

\n\nWhy BAE Systems?\n

This is your chance to make a real difference! We foster an inclusive culture that values , rewards integrity, and empowers you to reach your full potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially those currently underrepresented in our industry, including women, minorities, people with disabilities, and + individuals. If you have a or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

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Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as your , any you may have previously held, and your place of birth can affect your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and many roles require higher levels of Security Vetting, typically necessitating 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK.

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Closing Date: 26th November 2025

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please submit your application as soon as possible!

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