Job Title: Lead Mechanical Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

As a Lead Principal Engineer within the SSNA Platform Mechanical Integrated Delivery Team (IDT), you will play a key leadership role in delivering engineering scope across a complex and fast-paced submarine programme. You’ll take ownership of multiple systems, provide technical assurance, and collaborate across disciplines to drive delivery forward.

• Leading the delivery of assigned engineering scope, ensuring quality and timely outputs across design, integration, and qualification
• Overseeing technical ownership of several mechanical systems, ensuring compliance with system requirements and effective collaboration across interface areas
• Producing engineering artifacts, including documentation, calculations and performing simulation/analysis.
• Managing task allocation and progress tracking through structured tools (Jira/Confluence), ensuring alignment with programme milestones, cost, and schedule expectations
• Coaching and supporting engineers at all levels — from graduates to senior professionals — to grow technical capability and confidence
• Working closely with peers, suppliers, and wider functional stakeholders to resolve issues and maintain delivery momentum
• Reviewing technical documentation, supporting hazard assessments, and managing change control with sound engineering judgement
• Proactively identifying and addressing shortfalls in delivery, documentation or process — embedding a culture of openness, improvement, and accountability

Your skills and experiences:

We’re looking for someone who can confidently lead engineering work packages while mentoring others and contributing to a collaborative delivery culture. You should have:

• A proven track record of delivering complex mechanical or multi-disciplinary engineering tasks in a regulated environment
• Experience mentoring or coaching engineers to support technical and professional growth
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to lead conversations, challenge constructively, and build strong working relationships
• The ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, project, safety, ILS and supply chain functions
• Familiarity with task and documentation management tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Working toward or already professionally registered (CEng strongly preferred)
• A STEM-related degree (or equivalent experience) with strong foundations in systems thinking and platform-level integration

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 Platform Mechanical team:

You’ll join the Platform Mechanical Integrated Delivery Team — a dynamic, collaborative engineering group working at the forefront of submarine platform development. The team brings together engineers from across disciplines, career levels, and partner organisations to deliver critical mechanical capability. Through close engagement with suppliers, systems engineers, and programme stakeholders, you’ll play a central role in shaping high-integrity technical solutions, supporting team development, and ensuring delivery remains aligned with the wider programme plan and budget. We have multiple roles available & will be offering positions within the following disciplines; Air Purification & Atmosphere Monitoring, Trim & Compensation, Hydraulics, Air Movement & HVAC, and Cooling. 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: 5th January 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.

A highly knowledgeable professional engineer with a depth and breadth of knowledge in Systems Engineering. Applies the principles of Systems Engineering to Radar system development across the entire engineering development lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and customer acceptance into system support and disposal.

This role entail analysis of performance data collected from both modelled and real world systems, and development of a system or sub-system design to meet functional and performance goals. It provides lead technical support for the evolution of existing products extending their functionality to meet new and evolving requirements, and for development of entirely new Radar products.

Employs a depth and breadth of expertise relating to Systems Engineering to complex engineering problems, challenges, and issues associated with the domain. Designs and develops solutions and resolves engineering issues and problems for a range of products and engineering scenarios at the system or sub-system level, with interaction at the system of systems level.

Typical duties include (but are not limited to):

• Develop novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex phased array Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing
• Conduct system design analysis to manage trade-offs of principle system parameters in order to characterise and specify robust product design
• Demonstrate, with significant knowledge, detailed and comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles relating to Systems Engineering and supporting governance, and be able to apply knowledge to a wide range of engineering issues within own discipline and other engineering disciplines
• Apply and champion the Systems Engineering principles of ISO 15288 to the design and build of complex Radar systems through the entire engineering lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and customer acceptance into system support and disposal
• Support a Radar Product System Design Authority in product engineering development & customer engagement as directed
• Lead the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next, and create and/or facilitate production of associated design requirement specifications
• Develop, review and adhere to specifications in accordance with stakeholder requirements
• Direct and undertake system design decomposition and architectural modelling to subsystem level, including associated external and internal interface definition & manage architectural models in an approved toolset such as CATIA Magic (Cameo) or Enterprise Architect
• Direct and undertake system integration, test planning and execution
• Define and articulate verification and validation acceptance strategies to demonstrate the adherence of modelled algorithmic solutions to system & performance requirements across a wide range of operational scenarios, supporting production of customer acceptance evidence
• Lead technical reviews, verification and approval of engineering technical design and documentation, ensuring compliance with customer, legislative and business requirements
• Facilitate the production of estimates to support the engineering development of products
• Be a technical focus point for development and analysis activities, including preparing and presenting technical aspects to required stakeholders and providing guidance to own team and beyond
• Maintain a good working knowledge of contemporary Systems Engineering practices including Model Based Engineering, digital threads, cyber security and safety procedures

Knowledge:

• Expert in principles and approaches underpinning design and development activities and demonstrates expert understanding, knowledge of Systems Engineering, with systems thinking and the application of holistic approaches to complex problems (Essential)
• Be well versed in appropriate Systems Engineering standards (e.g. ISO 15288, ISO 24641) (Essential)
• A good understanding of some of the following subject areas signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation (Desirable)
• An understanding of how the above techniques can be employed on contemporary real-world radio, satellite, radar or sonar systems (Desirable)
• A good understanding of factors that can affect the real world performance of sensing systems and how these can impact the accuracy and timeliness of measurements in order to meet challenging design objectives and requirements (Desirable)
• Knowledge of the defence industry, including geopolitical influences and current UK government strategy (Desirable)

Skills:

• Requirements management (e.g. IBM DOORS Next) and configuration management
• Working with and leading large scale complex system designs
• Knowledge of all aspects of an engineering lifecycle and expert knowledge of lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) and associated tools (e.g. JIRA)
• Presenting both technical and non-technical information in a formal setting

We are seeking a Data Platform Lead to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. You will play a leading role in delivering the formal requirements associated with the Connells Group Data Platform, including design, capacity, management and configuration management responsibilities. As the Data Platform Lead, you will be managing a team of technical specialists across Connells data estate on a day-to-day basis, liaising with 3rd party providers, mentoring and developing the teams core skills and expertise whilst maturing the overall processes and procedures in relation to the service. The role also supports the business objectives and strategy through the delivery of secure, supportable and scalable on-premises, cloud and hybrid data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line management of a number of direct reports within the team. Resource management across the team, ensuring that the relevant workload associated to the team (Design, Project delivery, Operational and Change) are delivered as agreed.
• Act as the Subject Matter expertise around the Data Platform capability.
• Maintain the Data Platform for all Connells users, managing critical downtime and risk of disruption.
• To lead on ensuring an appropriate and robust response to applicable incidents, and to ensure root cause analysis and resolution occurs. In addition, ensuring an applicable out-of-hours support model in place as required for 24x7x365 operational running.

Team Roles and Responsibilities:

• Owns the Data Platform designs and supplier relationship
• Incident and Change
• Support projects where appropriate
• Undertake proactive monitoring and react to escalations from other IT teams
• Ensures Patches and Upgrades are implemented in line with operational limits

Experience and Skills Required:

Essential:

• Demonstrable Experience in similar relevant technical managerial roles
• Strong experience of incident resolution, requests, changes and problem-solving activities delivered to agreed SLAs.
• Experience of implementing Cloud Technologies
• Experience of Microsoft Fabric and SQL Server
• Extensive experience of implementing, managing and supporting data platforms in a demanding environment
• Experience of JIRA and Confluence
• Understanding of FinOps; PaaS; Alerting and Monitoring

Desirable:

• Experience of managing teams of over 5+ people in a complex, challenging environment setting and managing against SLAs and business objectives.
• Experience of GitHub, Git Actions, Terraform, Zero Trust architectures and PaaS.
• Preferably educated to graduate level with a bachelors degree in business, computer science or a related field

Connells Group UKis an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Dont meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Connells Group we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt fit perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Software Engineer to join a leading provider of flight simulation technology. You will develop real-time software used in state-of-the-art Full Flight Simulators and Fixed Training Devices that replicate the form, fit, and function of real aircraft flight decks. This role sits at the heart of a major transformation programme and is ideal for someone who is hands-on, motivated, and eager to implement change in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. Key Responsibilities for the Software Engineer Develop real-time software for flight simulators, from control systems to graphical user interfaces. Support integration, testing, fault finding, and problem resolution on simulated systems. Contribute to the full product lifecycle, from requirements analysis through to customer acceptance and post-delivery support. What You’ll Bring Strong C programming skills. Practical understanding of the Systems Engineering V-model and/or Software Development Lifecycle. Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team, with minimal supervision. Strong communication and presentation skills. Degree in engineering, mathematics, science, or equivalent experience within aviation/aerospace engineering. Desirable Skills Experience with safety-critical systems in aerospace, automotive, or related industries. Knowledge of C#, C++, web technologies (JavaScript, HTML), and Windows application development (Visual Studio). Familiarity with ARINC, AFDX, or CAN bus protocols. Experience using the Atlassian toolset (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo). Benefits 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days. Private medical insurance (with optional family cover). Pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution. Life assurance (4x salary, flexible up to 10x). Group income protection. Flexible benefits including healthcare cash plan, dental cover, gym membership, critical illness cover, and cycle-to-work scheme. Employee assistance programme for mental health and wellbeing. Subsidised staff restaurant and on-site parking with electric vehicle charging. Why Join Challenging Projects: Work on cutting-edge flight simulators used by global aerospace organisations. Collaborative Environment: Partner with experts across systems, hardware, and software engineering. Innovative Technology: Develop next-generation simulation solutions, including avionics hardware and advanced control systems. Career Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement within a forward-thinking, global industry. Eligibility: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to next-generation flight simulation technology, working with cutting-edge systems that enhance pilot training and aviation safety worldwide. TT

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage is currently looking to recruit an Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract. Hourly Rate: £70.00ph (Umbrella). Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at time and a quarter Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: The role will likely be onsite 4 days per week. A 4 day working week is OK (Monday to Thursday). Opportunities for occasional remote working. Duration: 6 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter. IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: One stage video interview Embedded C / C++ Software Engineer Job Description: The company is a world leader in missile and missile systems looking for a highly capable and adaptable Engineers to join the Development Facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. You will be responsible for developing the software through the full lifecycle for safety related real-time systems application software for the next generation of Missile Systems. This is a technical hands-on role working the full software lifecycle. Responsibilities: Responsible for delivering the on-board software for the next generation of Missile Systems. This is a hands-on role and will involve architecting, designing, implementing and testing missile subsystem software to required standards and processes. Minimal: (Good) Authoring Specifications through the full lifecycle: planning, design and test documents. Experience of working with formal requirements capture tool. Requirements Analysis Experience Knowledge of Source Configuration Control Processes (e.g., PVCS, RTC, GIT) Very Good attention to detail. Working with minimal supervision Ability to debug complex problems and be able to produce required documentation to achieve the required safety level. Significant previous experience of developing bare-metal embedded software using C/C++. Working in a team and with members from other disciplines e.g. Systems, Integration, Electronics Required: (Better) Previous experience of development and verification of embedded software developed to high safety integrity level such as DO178C Level B or SIL-4 or equivalent standards. Specification & requirements creation and compliance recording in DOORS. Working knowledge of C/C++ for testing special builds and focussed code reviews. Unit Testing using LDRA, RAPITA or equivalent testing tool. Understanding of Code Coverage and techniques/strategies used to cover/justify shortfall Working in a lab environment with live equipment (PSUs, Scopes, Logic Analysers etc.) conducting system tests. Desirable: (Best) Significant experienced in developing software to DO178C Level B. Knowledge of Defence standards and Micro-controller technologies Testing on Development Cards with a test environment or bare-metal with special builds Experience using RAPITA Systems Tool Suite Experience of Modelling and Ansys SCADE Tool Suite Knowledge and use of ALM such as JIRA or IBM Engineering Workflow Manager Creation and use of Virtual Machines (VMWare) TPBN1_UKTJ

We are currently recruiting for a Software Engineer to join their busy client who is rapidly expanding on a remote home working basis.

Your main role will be to develop software / applications for this market leading software provider.

The main purpose of this role is to:

• Develop software applications using C++ as the main language
• Complete unit testing to ensure the software performs as per the design
• Use JIRA to report on faults

The ideal candidate will have the following skills, experience and attributes:

• 4+ years software engineering experience.
• Coding experience in C++
• Strong technical background
• Linux based environments
• Software Development / Software Engineering and unit testing
• Attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Working in a Agile based environment highly desirable
• Object Orientated Principles and Design patterns
• Experience with other object orientated programming languages would also be highly desirable.
• Any experience with Java and Shell Scripting would also be highly desirable
• Ideally First Class BSc degree in a related field.

In return the client is offering a competitive salary of £50,000 - £60,000 plus:

• Bonus
• Fantastic training if required
• Generous annual leave
• Pension
• Flexible working
• Many more benefits

If this role is of interest please apply today for immediate consideration

Introduction

Saab in UK is growing rapidly, with over 500 colleagues across eight sites. We bring together Swedish heritage and British expertise to drive innovation in areas such as software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. Joining Saab in UK means contributing to the security and resilience of society while building a career with real scope for personal and professional growth.

What you will be part of

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The Role:

You will be part of Sensor Systems UK, working in the Farnborough office. We are a diverse group of professionals and our work culture and organisation values everybody’s opinion - these differences set the conditions for our competitive advantage.

As a Software Test Engineer, you will be responsible for the quality of the software. You’ll sit closely with all the software developers, providing feedback and learning from each other how to achieve the best quality.

In addition to running tests, you will be involved in the development of new tests and the wider testing environment. This will require the acumen to write new code and navigate a complex IT installation.

Role Requirements:

• Reviewing software requirements and prepare test scenarios
• Create and execute tests on the software
• Analyse test results and report back any errors or bugs
• Prepare and release test specifications and test protocols
• Communicate with surrounding teams
• Participate in design review and provide input to requirements, product design and improvements workshops
• Improve automation and efficiency with testing

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience with software testing in a military or industrial domain.
• Interest in Software and Quality
• Working in a structured way and comfortable creating technical documentation
• Working in an Agile environment
• Safety critical software
• Setup and creation of test environments
• Software lifecycles
• Jira, Jenkins, Git
• Microsoft Office package
• Linux environments
• Various testing types

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.

Senior Software Developer

North Wales

Competitive Salary

A global technology company based in North Wales designs, develops, and manufactures. We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Software Developer to join our multidisciplinary engineering team and contribute to the development of industry-leading solutions.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain software products as directed by the Software Lead or Senior Management.
• Ensure source control (Git) is used for all projects, following best practices such as branching and merge strategies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date build documentation for all projects.
• Employ Continuous Integration / Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines where appropriate.
• Create and maintain unit tests for critical code to ensure reliability and maintainability.
• Track, manage, and resolve issues via repository cards (e.g., GitHub Issues, Jira, or equivalent).
• Research and integrate existing open-source packages where suitable, ensuring all third-party code is properly licensed.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and geophysics colleagues to deliver integrated solutions.
• Contribute to the development process demonstrating ideas via review meetings.
• Ensure that all documentation is prepared and supplied with all design changes in accordance with our ISO 9001 system

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Education to degree level in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline
• Equivalent industry experience as a proven software developer will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering high-quality software solutions within complex engineering or technical domains.
• Familiarity with UI/UX design principles for customer-facing applications.
• Strong knowledge of modern frameworks, particularly Vue.js, Node.js, Express, and Electron.
• Proficiency in Git source control workflows.
• Understanding of software design patterns and industry best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to learn quickly and adapt.

Benefits Package:

• A competitive starting Salary
• Opportunities for technical advancement
• Hybrid working available
• Comprehensive private health plan.

To apply please email your CV / resume to

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