Job Title: Consultant Engineer – Electrical Engineering
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Competitive
What you’ll be doing:
* Acting as the electrical SME providing technical leadership and guidance to a range of cross discipline internal and external stakeholders including equipment suppliers
* Managing the electrical interface with the electrical power system ensuring that a best for programme approach is adopted
* Technical ownership of the end to end delivery of key technology readiness projects essential in demonstrating an appropriate level of maturity is achieved in the end product prior to platform integration
* Supporting technical delivery of facility requirements needed to deliver technology readiness projects including the facilities to support the end product verification and validation activities
* Undertaking technical risk analysis and developing risk mitigation plans in support of equipment delivery into the SSNA platform
* Supporting the development and resilience planning for the SSNA Steam IDTs engineering team ensuring succession planning is in place in support of an enduring SQEP capability
* Independent governance, authoring and approval of technical artefacts
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
* Relevant 1st degree in Electrical Engineering BSc (Hons) / BEng (Hons) / MEng (Hons)
* Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward Chartership
* Knowledge of the integration of power electronic conversion equipment into power system designs (Inverters, rectifiers, Active Front End, filter interactions)
* Knowledge and experience of key Power system interface requirements (power system stability, power quality and protection co-ordination)
* Experience in developing and delivering power system / equipment level verification and validation plans (including technology readiness level strategies)
* Knowledge of the complete engineering life cycle of delivery an equipment or system in a complex engineering environment with many competing requirements (requirement generation through to test and commissioning)
Desirable
* Relevant 2nd specialised degree or further education in Electrical Engineering (power systems / power electronics / electrical machine design) e.g. MSc(Eng) / MPhil(Eng) / PhD / EngD
* Knowledge of permanent magnet rotating machines
* Knowledge of Power System Analysis of AC and DC systems and modelling of Generation and control: Generators, AVRs, Govenors/Speed controllers
* Knowledge of the interface requirements of power system control and instrumentation for key equipment’s and components within a power system design
* Submarine operator experience
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.
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