Job title: Senior Engineer – Systems – Future Business & Technology

Location: Scotstoun, Bristol, Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on qualifications and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Applying a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of engineering and company approaches, techniques and governance to develop future Manufacturing Technology projects associated with the design and build of naval ships

• Selecting and developing candidate technologies for the manufacture of naval ships covering product and delivery solutions

• Undertaking peer reviews or checking / verification of tasks as directed and working independently under limited technical direction

• Developing and implementing plans to on-board a new technology, undertake relevant qualification testing and generate evidence for acceptance, fitness for purpose, regulatory and legislative requirements, and safety as applicable

• Liaising with both internal and external stakeholders as required ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed

• Providing realistic project status, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• A highly experienced engineer, has a breadth of engineering knowledge & experience

• Experience of manufacturing within Ship building

• Professionally qualified with working knowledge and experience in own discipline, or has advanced and specialised technical expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable work experience

• Has business awareness, especially with small and medium size enterprise companies and builds strong working relationships with stakeholders

Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution. Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation. Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.

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.

The BAE Systems Naval Ships Future Business and Technology team:

This role will play a pivotal role in the early stage of the design lifecycle, identifying and evaluating new technologies with the potential to transform Naval Shipbuilding.The role holder will utilise theoretical engineering knowledge, experience, and skills to develop technologies for future products, services, specifications, designs, and developments. The role holder will also resolve a range of engineering issues and problems, compile technical reports and accompanying presentations to present Technologies as mature solutions for Engineering to select in the ship design.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 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: 12th August 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 25th August.

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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