Job Vacancy Product Assurance Engineer

Job Title: Senior Engineer - Product Assurance

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

Salary: Depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Working closely with Quality Assurance, the Engineering Function, Test and Commissioning, Projects team and MOD in delivering assurance against design intent for build and commissioning phases of submarine production
• Identifying emergent technical risks to the product
• Working with the development teams to ensure they identify and implement appropriate mitigation plans for these risks
• Providing confidence to the senior management team for product and project delivery
• Providing independent technical scrutiny and conducting assessments of the maturity of the design
• Working at the relevant stage within the engineering lifecycle to assure that these systems are designed, built, integrated and accepted into service, with the correct level of authority. This will also include working with suppliers and the military users of our equipment
• Delivering your outputs to agreed time, cost and quality in order to support project and business milestones, and ensuring that your work meets its contractual, safety and environmental obligations

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Good understanding of submarine systems, design and operation, including transverse aspects, safety and certification
• An underpinning knowledge and understanding of the engineering activities associated with product development and realisation
• Thorough knowledge of the engineering lifecycle and be able to apply good practices to your work
• Understanding of relevant engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations

Desirable:

• Capable of achieving the appropriate Professional Institution membership level as detailed in the Role profile, supported by an honours degree or equivalent experience in an appropriate discipline
• Demonstrable knowledge of submarine design, commissioning, operation, safety/regulation and safety case architecture
• Specialist knowledge of Safety or Security in relation to complex systems

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.

Engineering and Product Assurance team:

You will be working with current in-service platforms and legacy equipment including upgrades and modernisation. You will be joining the dynamic team that is rapidly growing. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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.