Job Description
BAE Systems – Principal Systems Engineer (Architecture)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Filton
Contract: 12 months
Rate: £58 PAYE or £78.33 Umbrella
Please note that you will have to go through full SC Clearance.
This role focuses on systems architecture development within a highly complex and safety-critical engineering programme.
Key responsibilities include:
Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Filton
Contract: 12 months
Rate: £58 PAYE or £78.33 Umbrella
Please note that you will have to go through full SC Clearance.
This role focuses on systems architecture development within a highly complex and safety-critical engineering programme.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining system architectures across large-scale, integrated defence platforms
- Defining and decomposing system functions into coherent architectural models and design structures
- Ensuring alignment between system architecture, requirements, and downstream design implementation
- Supporting trade studies and design decisions to optimise system performance, safety, and capability
- Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure architectural consistency across subsystems
- Contributing to technical governance, design reviews, and assurance activities at system level
- Ensuring compliance with applicable standards and engineering best practice within a regulated environment
- Strong systems architecture experience in complex engineering environments (defence, marine, aerospace, etc.)
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering approaches and architectural frameworks
- Ability to communicate complex technical structures clearly to both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders