Components Engineer

Job Title: Components Engineer

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

Salary: £47,683

What you’ll be doing:

• Producing and issuing Airframe engineering design data to meet project requirements in line with design standards and procedures, whilst maintaining quality, cost and schedule adherence

• Verifying design data after completion and prior to a formal independent check to ensure compliance with project standards

• Evaluating and resolving design problems and supporting the generation of resulting modifications and changes

• Working closely with other engineering disciplines and functions, supplier and customer areas, fostering a team-working and collaborative product development environment.

• Identifying product technical risks and associated mitigation plans

• Leading and managing junior engineers

  Your skills and experiences:

  Essential

  • Experience in an Airframe Design role or similar product design experiences

  • HNC/ HND/ Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)

  • Proficiency with a CAD system, along with experience in a configuration control toolset (PLM) system

    Desirable

    • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary integrated product development environment, influencing adjacent disciplines

    • Experience of working with internal/ external customers, suppliers and partners

    • Experience of managing engineering tasks to meet design and programme requirements

    • Experience in leading engineering staff

    • Experience in verifying and approving other engineers’ outputs

      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 Airframe Design Engineering team:

      BAE Systems have exciting new opportunities for experienced Airframe Design Engineers to join our teams at Warton with the opportunity to work flexibly whilst effectively leading and managing junior Engineers.

      The Air(UK) Design Engineering Discipline is responsible for producing the Airframe design definition and physical product design dataset delivery for manufacturing and through-life upgrades, based on a set of configured customer requirements.

      This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive the evolution of design processes and methodologies within next-generation toolsets and the cutting-edge ‘digital thread’ environment. You’ll harness the latest advances in simulation, design, analysis, manufacturing, and in-service support techniques to make a real impact.

      Be at the forefront of innovation, collaborating with talented teams to transform ideas into reality and shape the future of engineering excellence.

      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:

      10^{th September 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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