Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Chief Engineer (Stealth)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Frimley, Filton or Broadoak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: 80,000 plus depending on skills and experience, with executive car allowance and benefits on top
What you'll be doing:

• Acting on behalf of the Joint Design Authority to ensure satisfactory integration of the design solutions across the functional and organisational boundaries to achieve a balanced whole boat solution - stealth through combined performance of signature and combat system
• Own and manage contractual requirements in relation to Stealth
• Work closely with relevant Project Delivery Managers and their Integrated Delivery Teams to ensure the engineered design solution being developed is in accordance with the design intent from the customer
• You will be undertaking reviews throughout the design and build phases in accordance with the BAE Systems Lifecycle Management. With this, you will also, support with reviews (e.g. chair, assessor) at all levels of the design from system level, major system, major function to whole boat reviews integration reviews
• Act as a member of the Joint Design Authority (with delegation from the Engineering Authority), ensuring that the design and underpinning substantiation is safe, legally compliant with legislation / regulation and satisfies the programme requirements
• Support the identification and review of risks and opportunities at all levels at system, key functions, whole boat or programme level
• Undertake certification planning and execution to produce both interim and final Certificates of Design at points aligned to the Design Review programme. In doing so, also being responsible for the overall Design Authority sign-off of the design and ensuring the fitness for purpose and goodness of the design

Your skills and experiences:
Essential:

• Considerable background in submarine platform engineering with specific expertise in acoustic, non-acoustic stealth signatures and combat system architecture
• Be degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline, with Chartered Engineer status (or working towards it)
• Demonstrable experience in Acoustic Signatures engineering, including noise and vibration design, radiated acoustic noise (RAN) qualification and associated modelling techniques
• Technical knowledge of non-acoustic signatures such as electromagnetic, radar cross-section, infrared and wake, including relevant modelling and integration methods
• Ability to balance multiple signature types to achieve a coherent whole-boat solution that meets customer requirements for survivability and mission effectiveness
• Experience of submarine (or naval) design processes and integration on complex engineering programmes, ideally spanning multiple functions and suppliers
• Skilled in risk identification, design review and certification planning, ensuring solutions are safe, legally compliant and operationally effective

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 team:
By joining us as an Assistant Chief Engineer, you will be helping to assure that designs developed within the SSNA programme are delivered alongside the capability associated with stealth requirements. As a team, we are the gate keepers of design intent and have the responsibility to ensure that our customers' expectations are achieved. 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: 3rd October 2025
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.
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