Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering; Control & Instrumentation

Position: Senior Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation)
Job Title:

Senior  Control  & Instrumentation Engineer

Location:

Barrow – 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 :

Develop and  manage  system, product, and system-of-systems requirements, ensuring robust acceptance criteria that align with programme needs

Produce comprehensive design review documentation, including diagrams, technical specifications, calculations, and supporting justification for design  decisions

Support Certificate of Design activities by preparing evidence and presenting  complex  technical arguments in a clear and logical manner

Derive detailed hardware and software requirements for  control  systems, guiding suppliers in equipment design and specification

Oversee the creation of functional design specifications,  manage  physical system interfaces, and attribute signal-level functionality through system databases

Conduct design verification and generate evidence to meet IEC 61508/61511 or equivalent functional safety standards, ensuring compliance and safety justification

Your skills and experiences:

Degree-qualified (BEng/MEng or equivalent), ideally working towards professional registration

Comprehensive technical report writing skills with experience across the engineering lifecycle

Knowledge of defence standards (beneficial but not essential)

Experience in system calculations, modelling, and  analysis

Understanding of instrumentation and  control  theory (e.g., PID),  control  system architecture, or functional decomposition

Demonstratable ability to interpret and apply systems engineering  principles  within  complex  technical environments

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 Centralised    Control    and Instrumentation Team:

The Centralised  Control  and Instrumentation Team is a highly skilled group of 16 engineers at the forefront of SSNA (Successor/Next-Generation Submarine) platform development. The team shapes, matures, and validates the platform’s most critical  control  systems—spanning hardware, software, safety, and system-to-system integration—ensuring the submarine’s core automated functions operate reliably, safely, and in line with IEC 61508 and other functional safety standards. Joining this team offers an exciting and technically  challenging  opportunity to play a direct role in defining the next generation of submarine  control  systems—technology that  must  perform flawlessly in the world’s most demanding conditions.

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 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  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:  2nd February 2026

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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