Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineering (Power)

Job title, location and schedule: Principal Electrical Power Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Filton – Hybrid – Barrow onsite 2 days per fortnight; Filton 1 day a week onsite (business needs may vary)
Salary: Up to £55k (commensurate with skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Functional design and definition of Electrical Power Systems equipment
• Authoring and reviewing technical documentation
• Managing associated technical risks, assumptions and dependencies
• Providing advice on electrical power technical aspects across a broad range of engineering disciplines
• Engaging with customers and suppliers to provide solutions to complex problems
• Taking a leading role by guiding more junior members of the team through the systems definition process
• Opportunity to travel to various locations throughout the UK, including BAE, customer and supplier sites

Your skills and experiences:

• Essential: Degree qualified Electrical Engineering or equivalent Engineering experience
• Engineering Chartership required (or significant progress towards Chartership can be demonstrated)
• Significant knowledge of AC and DC electrical power systems
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans and a wide range of flexible 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.

Electrical Power Systems Definition team

Working on the UK’s next-generation SSN design that incorporates technology from the UK, Australia and the United States, you will be part of the Electrical Power team responsible for defining the needs of equipment, system elements required to feed into the submarine design and build process, including design documentation, spatial modelling and build outputs. Relocation support packages across all Submarines roles are available, subject to 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 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 security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality and place of birth can restrict roles. All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard at minimum. Some roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, which may require 5 to 10 years of UK residency for meaningful security checks.

Closing Date

31st August 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet