Senior Principal Engineer – Production Controls Systems (PCS)

• Providing technical leadership and guidance across the full range of Production Controls Systems products and engineering activities.
• Acting as a Technical Title Holder (TTH) and ensuring engineering activities comply with applicable technical standards, processes, and governance requirements.
• Applying systems engineering principles throughout the product lifecycle including requirements management, architecture, interface management, configuration control, verification, validation and technical-risk management to ensure robust and reliable solutions.
• Reviewing and approving complex engineering designs, technical documentation, and development activities.
• Supporting resolution of complex technical challenges and providing recommendations for effective solutions.
• Championing engineering best practices, design procedures, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborating with global engineering teams, product management, manufacturing, quality, and project stakeholders.
• Leading technical reviews, risk assessments, root cause investigations, and corrective action activities.
• Ensuring products meet customer requirements, safety standards, environmental regulations, and applicable industry requirements.
• Providing coaching, mentoring, and technical development support to engineers across the organization.
• Supporting strategic technology development and contributing to the long-term engineering roadmap of the PCS business.
• Providing technical engagement with customers, suppliers and external technical or industry bodies.
• Identifying technical capability and competency-development needs; supporting mentoring, knowledge sharing, formal learning and structured on-the-job development.
• Mentoring early-career, mid-career and Principal Engineers and supporting development of future TTHs.

To be successful in this role, you will

• Have a bachelor's degree, or equivalent demonstrated professional competence, in Automation and Control, Systems Engineering, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering or another discipline relevant to the approved PCS technical domain. An advanced degree, Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional recognition is desirable.
• Have significant relevant experience in Production Control System engineering within Baker Hughes or a comparable complex, safety, or reliability-critical engineering environment.
• Have knowledgeable experience in the Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic and System aspects of Production Control Systems to compliment the Software TTH roles.
• Demonstrate extensive technical expertise and engineering leadership across multiple products and disciplines.
• Have strong knowledge of systems engineering principles, product development processes, and engineering governance.
• Possess excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and technical communication skills.
• Be capable of influencing engineering strategy and driving alignment across global teams.
• Have experience leading technical reviews, design assurance activities, and risk management processes.
• Demonstrate the ability to mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent.

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• 4 day from office
• 1 days from home (remote)

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

This role is suited to a highly experienced engineering professional who can provide technical authority, independent assurance and multidisciplinary leadership while influencing engineering strategy, developing people and supporting delivery of complex Production Controls Systems solutions across a global organisation.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Senior Principal, Mechanical, Engineering Management