Junior Systems Engineer

Job title: Junior Systems Engineer

Location: Warton, Samlesbury, Brough – other locations can be considered

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

Salary: £41,361 – £45,576 depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

We are looking for Junior Systems Engineers with demonstrable industry experience , to complement our highly skilled and growing teams, working on cutting edge air defence projects. As a Junior Systems Engineer, you will have the opportunity to be involved in complex engineering projects through all stages of their lifecycle, from concept to delivery. We lead the integration of systems to deliver high quality engineering solutions that meet our customers needs.

A Systems Engineering role will provide a broad understanding of our engineering activities and offer the opportunity to work across many of the engineering disciplines that are necessary to design and develop our Systems of Systems platforms.

• You will be working as part of an established systems engineering team and will be working closely and in collaboration with experienced systems engineers
• You will use your sound engineering knowledge and experience to propose and develop solutions to problems throughout our product development cycle
• You will play a key role in bringing components and systems together to form a System of Systems.
• You’ll manage aspects of engineering, delivering them to high standards through ensuring good engineering practice and governance
• You’ll understand and manage the maturity of our engineering solutions as they develop and you take corrective action to ensure our products are the best they can be
• You can specialise in areas such as System Architecting, System Design, Configuration Control, Requirements Management or Qualification
• You will lead the integration of engineering across all aspects of Air platforms & products, covering all stages in the engineering lifecycle – from concept to delivery
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree educated in an acceptable Engineering subject, supported by some engineering experience. Acceptable degrees are mathematics, physics, aerospace/aeronautical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, general engineering, mechanical engineering, systems engineering and computer systems
• Awareness of Systems Engineering activities involved in the development of complex systems across engineering lifecycles
• Excellent communication and IT skills
  
  

Desirable

• You should also ideally have experience of working with engineering development tools (e.g. Atlassian/Jira, MATLAB, Simulink, Cameo, IBM DOORS, PLM Teamcenter).
• Experience of Model Based Engineering approaches and the supporting methods and toolsets
  
  

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 Air Engineering Teams

A career in Air Sector, as a Systems Engineer affords a fantastic opportunity to build on your academic qualifications and foundational engineering experience, to develop your career to the next level. You’ll be working on a wide range of Air products through all stages in their lifecycle, from concept to delivery.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 1st April 2024

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.