Aerospace Engineer

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

Salary: £35,047 – £45,154 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Innovating new solutions for some of the world’s leading defence aircraft
• Developing future technologies, applying advanced engineering methods to solve problems
• Understanding customer needs to support requirements capture
• Enhancing your skills as an engineer, by actively contributing to team projects

Your skills and experiences:

• A degree in a STEM subject
• Innovative and creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and team-working skills

• Demonstrable post-graduation experience working in an engineering or technology role
• Experience working with engineering toolsets
• Awareness of the engineering product development lifecycle

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 AIR Engineering Teams:

You will be working with a diverse team of experienced engineers, in a collaborative office environment. Your team will support your development; we will provide technical training and support to Professional Registration. We also encourage employees to explore projects beyond their primary responsibilities, providing them with diverse experiences.

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: 31st January 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.