Principal Engineer Acceptance

Position: Principal Engineer – Requirements & Acceptance
Job Title:

Principal Engineer – Requirements & Acceptance

Location:

Glasgow – Scotstoun – We offer a range of flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:  Up to £58,500 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing :

Provide engineering support to the process of customer acceptance

Provide engineering  leadership  and  expertise  to the reporting and maintenance of project requirements. This will include verification and validation details associated with the requirements.

Lead   management  and maintenance of requirements using requirements development practices, including compliance details, traceability, acceptance characteristics and acceptance evidence

Act as the senior point of contact with customers and/or suppliers in assigned areas on engineering matters, to resolve relatively  complex  problems and issues and to maintain awareness in both parties of priorities and  objectives

Manage  and produce reports on acceptance status and forecast across the Wholeship at supplier and customer level – For senior – support with rather than  manage

Provide help and direction to less experienced team members to support both their effective working and their development

Make engineering  decisions  within  own  sphere of responsibility and delegated authority

Maintaining a level of SQEP for  the role  through personal and professional development

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

A degree in a relevant subject  e.g.  Engineering, Computer Science, Maths or other equivalent qualification or equivalent experience

Applicants  should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution

A good understanding of the engineering lifecycle

Experience working within systems engineering with a focus on requirements and acceptance

Desirable:

Competence and capability with requirements capture and  management  software tools  e.g.  the Rationale software tools such as DOORS,  etc .

An understanding of configuration  management   principles

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    Type    26 Requirements & Acceptance Team – Marine:

At Principal Engineer level,  the role  carries responsibility for the successful completion of more than 900 acceptance forms across the 8 Ship programme. You will  lead  the development and ongoing  management  of project requirements, shaping and supporting completion of acceptance and ensuring alignment across multiple delivery areas. A key aspect of  the role  is the development, collation and presentation of robust evidence to demonstrate to the Customer that requirements have been fully met

The T26 Requirements and Acceptance team report to the Chief Engineer, working with the various delivery areas – engineering, operations, quality, supply chain and the Customer to ensure the project delivers the requirements and that the Customer approves them

The role  requires  strong  engagement with the supply chain, engineering teams, quality and operations, and test and commissioning liaisons. There is direct involvement in trials, including opportunities to attend sea trials, offering first‑hand visibility of how designs perform in operation. This is a highly visible and rewarding role, offering the chance to  see  how  complex  systems come together and to play a pivotal part in achieving customer acceptance of the  Type  26 platform

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 .)

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