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BAE Systems Sr. Principal Engineer II reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(107 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

83% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

Sr. Principal Engineer II employees have rated BAE Systems with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 107 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Principal Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. BAE Systems is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Principal Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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107 reviews
3.0
Jun 27, 2026

Decent opportunities for newer consultants, but poor internal structure and strategy

Principal consultant
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Pros

Digital intelligence (consulting arm) - Good stepping stone for young graduates - Good opportunities to learn and grow for younger/mid level employees on fairly complex and highly regulated projects - unique domains you won't get in many other places (natsec, defence) - Lots of opportunities for certifications, this is a valuable thing to take advantage of - fantastic work life balance... work is mostly remote for consultants unless you're in a highly secure environment (sorry if you are!)

Cons

- This infrastructure internally is more like a government department, poor IT, very little consulting strategy, poor communication, siloes, nobody knows what anybody else is doing - account/resourcing for projects is bad... you will have to find your own way if you want to be resourced on a project, don't expect your experience to be reviewed...its about who you know. - account teams are not proactive when it comes to opportunities or resourcing - the constant reshuffling of the promotion process is atrocious, they still haven't worked out who/what they want to be, seems to be a constant moving of goalposts - senior stakeholders are invisible, and pretty inaccessible, majority of leadership is fairly out of touch unfortunately - there is a massive inability to read the room across leadership - pay is below market rate

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