Technical Authority – Combat Systems

Would you like to play a key role in managing the integration of complex Combat Systems into a cutting-edge warship design? We currently have a vacancy for a Technical Authority – Combat Systems at our site in either Scotstoun/Filton/Portsmouth.

As a Technical Authority – Combat Systems, you will be responsible for delivering a T26 Combat System that is safe, compliant and fit for use, developing and maintaining the Combat System physical and functional architecture and design, the coherence and completeness of the overall Combat System design and the management of allocated Combat System-wide activities (including assurance and acceptance of integrated Combat system through shore based and ship based trials).

This highly technical role will provide you with the opportunity to join at an exciting stage of the programme, gain a holistic view of system of systems, supporting the installation of equipment and preparing to be “set to work “as the build matures.

Your main responsibilities as a Technical Authority – Combat Systems will involve:

• Delegated Technical Authority for the assigned Combat System equipment
• Supporting the T26 Combat System Technical Authority (CSTA) in the acceptance associated with key milestones, including Factory, Shore and Ship based trials
• Providing engineering leadership to the Combat System delivery teams in the definition and maintenance of the Combat System physical, functional and transverse design and its delivery to final acceptance
• Supporting the T26 CSTA in the production of safety documentation for the T26 Wholeship Safety and Environmental Case
• Ensuring T26 Combat System design consistency and coherence and supporting T26 CSTA in production of the Certificates of Design
• Facilitating independent reviews of engineering design and integration as part of the project Design Assurance process
• Representing the CSTA at Inter-Domain Working Groups, Safety and Steering Groups and in Supplier Design Reviews and Progress Meetings
• Coordinating and managing customer and other stakeholder input into the Type 26 Combat System acceptance process

Your skills and qualifications as a Technical Authority – Combat Systems:

Essential:

• Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in STEM subject
• Chartered Engineer or working towards professional accreditation
• Experience of systems engineering lifecycle including design, requirements, test and acceptance
• Knowledge of engineering governance in a systems engineering environment
• Experience working within a complex, multidisciplinary engineering environment

Desirable:

Background in Combat Systems/Mission Systems

What we're looking for in you:

You will have excellent communication skills, able to engage with and manage a broad range of key external and internal stakeholders with good commercial awareness. You will be collaborative in your approach in order to build positive, effective and trusted relationships, able to constructively challenge and influence when required. You will be organised and flexible, able to work to tight timescales and deadlines.

Location: Scotstoun/Filton/Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world’s leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries

Combat Systems

We design, develop, integrate and provide through-life support to naval combat systems that enable navies to protect nations. Vital information from ship sensors such as radar and sonar, are captured through our core product, the Combat Management System. This advanced technological capability allows ships crews to rapidly respond to potentially life-threatening situations.

In using this cutting-edge technology, we are at the forefront of defence system integration. Our products feature across the Royal Navy’s surface fleet aboard Type 23 frigates, Type 45 destroyers and Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The new Type 26 Global Combat Ships, under construction by BAE Systems in Glasgow, will also use the next generation of our combat systems.

We pride ourselves on being the combat systems integrator of choice, not only integrating our own products, but those of other defence companies too in delivering combat systems for both the Royal Navy and international customers.

We offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop with us. The health and well-being of our employees matters to us and that’s why we offer the flexibility for you to do what’s important to you, whether that’s job sharing, home working, or simply the ability to flex your start and stop times. Where practical, we’ll support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your full potential.

At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.

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