Junior Airframe Engineer

Location: Warton / Samlesbury (Lancashire) 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:

You will apply and develop your understanding of Airframe engineering principles required to design, develop and maintain fast jets and uncrewed air systems that meet our customer requirements. These principles run throughout the Engineering Life Cycle, from initial concept through to disposal.

You could be working in:

• Product Design – producing the integrated airframe design definition and physical product design dataset to enable product manufacture, through-life support, qualification and certification.

• Materials Engineering – supporting the delivery of fit for purpose materials and process solutions throughout design and manufacture, supporting facility and material qualification, standardisation and product safety.

• Structures Engineering – ensuring the structural integrity of products by using a range of analysis techniques such as structural sizing and analysis, Finite Element Analysis, fatigue, Durability and Damage Tolerance analysis, Qualification and Certification

• A degree in a STEM subject

• Demonstrable experience with engineering toolsets (e.g. CAD, FEA, MATLAB) on engineering projects through full-time employment (highly desirable) or university work (at a minimum)

• Innovative and creative problem-solving skills

• Experience of the Engineering Lifecycle and awareness of Product Safety

• Excellent communication skills demonstrated with juniors and superiors

• Self-motivated and pro-active with effective collaboration skills

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 Engineering Teams:

You will be working in one of our Airframe Engineering disciplines: Product Design, Materials Engineering or Structures Engineering 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.