Job Title: Senior Engineer (Legislation and Standards)

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

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

Reviewing supplier documents, specifically legislation compliance reports, declarations of conformity, technical files, bills of materials, components’ lists etc

Peer review of contract documents such as requirements, technical compliance matrices, ITTs etc for legislative requirements

Liaising with programme managers, engineering managers, technical authorities and engineers

Attending meetings with suppliers to help find solutions to issues with supplier documentation

Provide technical guidance to other engineers and support the engineering management team in planning and controlling specialist activities

Work with various engineering teams to improve own levels of domain knowledge and subject matter expertise

Your skills and experiences:

Knowledge of process and/or governance processes and practices in the defence, maritime or highly regulated industry

Previous experience/understanding of Legal Processes would be very desirable

Experience in engineering – electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical would be desirable

Understand the need for, and have awareness of, product safety and SHE

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

The Special Engineering Services Team:

The Team is made up of a group of various SME’s that cover shock, EGV, software, EMC, electrical and legislation. You will be working with other teams as required while you support the work on both Dreadnought and SSNA/AUKUS programmes. You will also be working closely with the Engineering Teams as required and other key Stakeholders (Suppliers) and occasionally meeting with the customer as well. This is an exciting role with the new work coming to this team and opportunity to liaise with high level Internal and External Stakeholders, while building a lasting career with BAE Systems.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 13th October 2025

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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