Systems Engineer – IT

Job Title: Systems Engineer – IT & Computing

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

Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Playing a key role in systems engineering activity for the development and deployment of new products
• Understanding our customers' challenging needs, developing, validating, and managing requirements
• Developing and documenting complex system architectures and sub-systems, providing evidence of fitness for purpose and customer value
• Developing, testing and delivering info-centric solutions
• Integrating systems containing electronic, mechanical and software sub-systems, understanding the potential impact across the entire system as well as interfacing platforms and equipment
• Taking accountability for technical work packages and verifying that customer needs are satisfied through qualification and test activities
• Working within a diverse group of engineers, providing guidance, and coaching to others
• Steering new systems development through the implementation of best practice systems lifecycle processes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive expertise and understanding of Engineering lifecycles and System Engineering principles
• Experience of delivering IT solutions architecture
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment pipeline and associated toolsets
• Proficiency in Agile toolsets e.g. Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and GIT
• Interfacing, APIs, and networking protocols (TCP/UDP)
• Experience in the deployment and management of virtualised environments

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the full IT stack .NET/Core, C#, Ansible
• Proficient in software development languages and databases
• Working to high standards of technical assurance and quality
• Awareness of Maritime Combat Systems
• Relational databases (MySQL) on Windows/Linux platforms

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.

The Submarine Combat System Development team:

You will play a key role in developing and delivering infrastructure service components. You will collaborate with dedicated engineering teams to configure and deploy next generation systems, as well as with multiple project stakeholders to define, detail, design and develop appropriate infrastructure service solutions to meet our customer's needs. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on a high-profile project within the BAE Systems business which could lead to future development opportunities within the team or the wider BAE Systems Business.

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: 6th January 2024

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.