Principal Engineer – Mechanical Engineering (PlatformSystems)

Job Title:
Principal Mechanical Platform Systems Engineer –
Components

Location: Barrow-in-Furness,
Filton or Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible
working arrangements – please class="rec-format">speak to your recruiter about
the options for this role

Salary: class="rec-format">Competitive

What you’ll be
doing:

• Oversee
  day-to-day engineering activities to ensure on-time delivery and
  adherence to cost targets
• Serve as the primary
  engineering interface for external customers and suppliers,
  fostering strong
  technical collaboration and communication
  
• Provide class="rec-format">expert technical support and
  innovative solutions to resolve engineering class="rec-format">challenges related to mechanical
  products
• Contribute technical guidance and
  engineering input to support suppliers queries, build and test
  activities, defect resolution, and change class="rec-format">management processes
  
• Define, develop and class="rec-format">manage requirements and
  acceptance criteria for mechanical products integrated within
  complex platforms,
  systems, or programmes
• Interpret and apply
  contractual and performance requirements throughout the product
  lifecycle including design, manufacture, integration, installation,
  and commissioning phases
• Ensure all work is
  compliant with contractual obligations and conducted in accordance
  with company policies, safety standards, environmental regulations,
  and established procedures

• Review,
  assess, and manage
  relevant supplier documentation, ensuring accurate capture,
  traceability, and appropriate storage within the project
  framework

Your skills and
experiences:

• class="rec-format">Proven class="rec-format">track record in delivering
  mechanical systems across the full engineering development
  lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to identify
  opportunities for continuous improvement and successfully drive
  performance enhancements
• class="rec-format">Strong technical knowledge and
  hands-on experience in
  specifying a range of mechanical equipment and components, such as
  heat exchangers, pumps, diesel generators, hydraulic systems, and
  compressors
• Bachelor’s or class="rec-format">Master’s degree (BEng/MEng or
  equivalent) in a relevant STEM discipline
  
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards
  chartered status with a recognised professional engineering
  institution

Benefits:

As well as a class="rec-format">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 Mechanical Platform
Systems Team:

As the Principal
Mechanical Platform Systems Engineer, you will be joining a dynamic
Components Team with BAE Systems, where you will play a key role in
delivering cutting edge
mechanical products used across major systems and programmes
supporting the Royal Navy. As part of an innovative and
forward-thinking engineering team, you will contribute to
high-impact defence projects while expanding you class="rec-format">own professional development.
This is a unique opportunity to influence critical programme
delivery, provide class="rec-format">expert technical support and
drive continuous performance improvements across the business. We
offer relocation support across all Submarine 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 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 class="rec-format">etc.) that may affect your
performance in certain assessment types, please class="rec-format">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 class="rec-format">applicants class="rec-format">must as a minimum achieve
Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require
higher levels of National Security Vetting where class="rec-format">applicants class="rec-format">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: 24th October 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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