Overview

Job Title: Systems Engineer Capability Development

Location: Warton. We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements; please speak to your recruiter about options for this role.

Salary: £47,683, dependent upon skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and increase engineering capability by evaluating and implementing new tools and processes for future success.
• Explore innovative ways of working and think outside the box to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
• Embrace and integrate new tools and technologies to stay ahead of the competition.
• Play a pivotal role in transforming how products are engineered, contributing to long-term improvements.
• Create technical documentation in line with Departmental Quality Management Procedures.
• Provide technical support during development, ensuring clear understanding of product risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree educated in a STEM discipline or HND/HNC with sound experience of the Engineering Lifecycle.
• Good knowledge and experience using a wide range of engineering capability.
• 5 years experience in an engineering integration environment.
• Desirable: Good knowledge and experience using a wide range of engineering toolsets.
• The ideal candidate will have experience of fulfilling stretching customer requirements to tight timescales and budgets.

Benefits & About the Role

Benefits: Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, extensive flexible discounts for health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits (including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts). Annual incentive may be available.

The Engineering Team: We are looking for experienced Engineers and Engineering Managers to complement our highly skilled and growing teams, working on cutting edge air defence projects. A career in Engineering Integration affords a fantastic opportunity to build on your solid engineering experience and to develop your career.

Our Engineering Integration leads manage complex engineering projects through all stages in their lifecycle, from concept to delivery. We lead the integration of systems to deliver high quality engineering solutions that meet our customers’ needs. A role in Engineering Integration provides a broad understanding of our engineering activities and the opportunity to work across many business functions and engineering disciplines necessary to design and develop our Systems of System platforms.

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 integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including those underrepresented in the industry. We also aim to make recruitment processes inclusive. If you have a condition that may affect performance in certain assessments, please speak to your recruiter about reasonable adjustments.

Security & Export Control: Some roles require security and export control clearances. Applicants must typically achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard and may require higher levels of vetting (5–10 years of continuous UK residency) depending on the role.

Closing Date: 16 September 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible.

LI-NW1 LI-Hybrid