Senior Mission System Architect – Platform Interface

Job Title: Senior
Mission System Architect – Platform Interface

Location: Portsmouth (Broad
Oak) or Frimley, Filton, Dorchester, hybrid – 3 days on site – this
role will require routine travel to other southern BAE sites within
UK and occasionally internationally.

Salary: Up to £89, 520
dependent on experience

Who we
are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll
be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global
colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives
to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be
trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced,
technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of
tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space,
there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take
you.

What you’ll be
doing:

As a Senior Mission System
Architect (Platform Interface), you will provide technical leadership for the integration
of platform, mission and support systems across future naval
platforms. You will define platform-agnostic architectures that
enable seamless interaction between propulsion, power, control, combat and auxiliary
systems and offboard monitoring. Working within complex system-of-systems
environments, you will ensure solutions are safe, resilient,
interoperable and aligned with Hybrid Navy strategic objectives. Collaborating with
customers, suppliers and engineering teams across BAE Systems and
the broader defence enterprise, you will influence strategic
direction and deliver future-ready platform integration solutions
that support operational performance and long-term capability
growth.

Core
duties:

• Lead platform interface
  architecture and integration strategy.
• Define
  standards, interfaces and system integration principles.


• Resolve complex cross-domain integration
  and interoperability challenges.


• Embed cyber resilience, safety and assurance into
  architectural solutions.
• Support digital ship
  technologies, automation and control systems.


• Influence stakeholders on platform integration strategy
  and delivery.

Essential skills:

• A degree in Engineering (or a related
  subject)
• Full membership of an appropriate
  engineering institution and be a Chartered Engineer (or actively working
  towards).
• Extensive experience in maritime
  systems integration and system-of-systems architecture.


• Strong
  knowledge of platform automation, control systems and digital
  engineering..

Combat
System Engineering Team:

Within
the dynamic and rapidly expanding Naval Ships Combat Systems
business, you will form part of a highly skilled team of system
architects charged with shaping the future of maritime mission
systems. Working across domestic and international programmes
alongside enterprise partners, in bringing to bear your specialist
expertise, you will
ensure that candidate
solutions are innovative, future-force-ready, operationally
relevant and coherent with customer and business needs.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless
possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is
a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to
be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy
rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family,
support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a
balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of
working and with a strong sense of shared purpose,
our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud
of the difference you make.

A
place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where
everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of
backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and
is vital to the work we do.

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:
22nd September 2026,
interviews for this role will take place w/c12th October

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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