Principal Engineer – Electrical Engineer (Control & Instrumentation)

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Job Title: Principal Engineer – PMS C&I (Software)
Location: Coventry. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Working to recognised industry standards to produce innovative, high quality software products
Working within a multi-disciplined team, utilising a variety of tools and programming , engaging in all aspects of the software development cycle
Taking responsibility for your own and others work as well as providing technical assistance to support the development of junior members of the team
Leading during assurance and review activities ensuring that all required configuration, release and documentation activities have been produced in accordance with the relevant standards
Translate requirements into software designs, implement and test solutions, and manage integration, configuration, release, and deployment of the product
Your skills and experiences:
Degree in Software Engineering Instrumentation and Control Engineering, or related subject
Chartered status with a relevant professional institution or equivalent experience
Knowledge of one or more software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, Waterfall etc)
Experience with Siemens TIA Portal
Leading small software teams or technical specialist within a software team
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 Control Systems software team:
We predominantly supply to the UK MoD as part of our support to endeavour for underwater superiority throughout the world. Our team is responsible for system design, build and/or procurement of the major electronic and complex software systems on a submarine, as well as provision of test, integration and support services.
This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on major, high profile submarine engineering programmes where you will interact with several internal and external stakeholders including the Ministry of Defence.
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 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 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 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 Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 7th August 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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