Principal Naval Architect

4 days ago

Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time
Job Title: Principal Naval Architect (Weights)

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Manchester, Portsmouth, Weymouth

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you'll be doing:
  1. Lead the collation strategy for mass properties data to deliver weight and centroid control on multi billion pound submarine programmes
  2. Responsible for aggregating weight and centroid reports, presenting the status to Chief Naval Architect and generating mitigation plans
  3. Define and manage the mass budgets for submarine programmes and its breakdown to system level
  4. Support submarine sea trials
  5. Create and maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass properties
  6. Promote a culture of weight control and work with system engineering to integrate weight as a fundamental design constraint
  7. Conduct Research and Development activities, promoting BAE Systems interests at UK and International Conferences
  8. Perform conceptual parametric estimations for mass distributions and moments of inertia whilst driving the development of methods and tools for mass properties estimation
  9. Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) reviews of weight control methodologies for non-submarine programmes within the BAE Systems group
Your skills and experiences:

Essential
  • Degree qualified in an Engineering or Mathematics subject or equivalent experience
  • Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership as part of the team
  • Experience of weight management
Desirable
  • Chartered Engineer or ability to achieve Chartered status within a 12-month time frame
  • Experience of weight control on large programmes
  • Experience working with large, complex Electrical or Mechanical systems
  • Experience using VBA or Python to automate data manipulation tasks
  • Experience of using CAD packages and programmes
Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Weight Engineering team:

The Weight Engineering Team are a multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists who estimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number of multi billion pound submarine programmes. The Weight Engineering team are a specialist team who play a critical role in the whole boat design and assuring whole boat safety. 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 diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 10th April 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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