Job Vacancy Hardware Engineer - SSAMS

Job title: Hardware Engineer - SSAMS

Location: Dorchester

Salary: Up to £ 40,000 (depending on skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

• General Hardware engineering activities across the engineering lifecycle
• Act as the point of contact with customers and/or suppliers in assigned areas on engineering matters, to resolve relatively complex problems and issues and to maintain awareness in both parties of priorities and objectives
• Make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority
• Maintaining a level of SQEP for the role through personal and professional development
• Produce reports of a technical nature or plans and present information to line manager, project management team and peers
• Delivering allocated tasks within budget and to timescales as agreed with the project management team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Hardware engineering activities including helpdesk support, ship support visits, delivery of hardware, installation of hardware on ships, development, design activities including documentation, integration, and verification & validation.
• Hardware Design and interconnectivity, Investigation and resolution of design issues as a result of obsolescence
• Competence and capability with Hardware engineering tools
• Design and build of the electrical and hardware system to achieve successful acceptance

Desirable:

• A good understanding of the engineering lifecycle
• Knowledge and experience in COTS hardware, preferably with blade and PC technology. Experience with COTS cabinets, cabinet design, wiring schedules, power distribution etc. would be especially desirable

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Engineering team:

As a Systems Engineer, you will be required to perform general systems engineering activities, which may include requirements development, modelling and simulation, Helpdesk support, Ship Support Visits, design activities, integration, and verification and validation. The role will provide you with the opportunity to play a pivotal role as a support function the Royal Navy. Specialising in SSAMS supported products like METOC, VSS and AGMA. Based from the Dorchester office.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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 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 your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 25th October 2024 - Interviews for this position will take place W/C 4th November

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.