Senior Weapons Integration Engineer

Job title: Senior Weapons Integration 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 – £52,426 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Applying your Weapon Integration experience & knowledge, you will be expected to lead and provide high quality engineering technical support within the Weapons Integration Engineering Team to your Section Lead and the Weapons Technical Authorities
• Independently representing Weapons Integration in meetings involving BAES Line of Business (LOB) & Service Delivery Unit (SDU) organisations, European Partners, Suppliers, Customers and other stakeholders
• Writing and reviewing requirements for weapon integration, qualification and testing. Also assessing, accepting and challenging supplier documents
• Managing weapon test vehicle assets, in support of rig, aircraft ground and flight testing of particular weapons/stores
• Writing loading and arming schedules, equipment Declarations of Design & Performance (G-DDP), safety assessments for the weapon in the platform environment, Weapon qualification statements, and also the ability to answer customer technical queries
• Ensuring all tasks are performed in accordance with Weapons Engineering governance requirements in terms of process, format, quality including the necessary reviews and signatories

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Educated to a Degree Level in Aerospace Engineering or a related STEM subject
• Experience in mission or flight systems engineering, preferably weapons integration or other equipment engineering experience (qualification of) and experience of the engineering lifecycle
• Previous experience of working closely with Customers, Partners & Suppliers
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, as well as analytical and presentation skills

Desirable:

• Embracing new technology and development of alternative approaches (i.e. faster/cheaper) to platform integration of weapons on in-service and future air platforms, including future ways of working, notably Enterprise Tasks – Management System (ETMS) and Model Based Systems Engineering.

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 Weapons Integration team:

The Weapons Integration Team within the Flight Sciences Centre of Excellence, as part of the DDTE SDU (Design & Development Test & Evaluation Service Delivery Unit), provides an engineering delivery service to the Lines of Business for all Weapons Integration engineering deliverables on Typhoon/Tornado/Hawk/F-35/FCAS programmes. As a Senior Weapons Integration Engineer, you will have specific responsibility for delivering technical artifacts across the lifecycle of weapon integration qualification programmes, working closely with various stakeholders, such as Lines of Business, other Engineering Teams, Suppliers, Partners & Customers. The role will also involve working with the team and suppliers, supporting strategic discussions on improvements to the Weapons Integration process, as well as opportunities to support future platform weapons integrations.

This is an exciting role, where we are looking for a creative, adaptable and collaborative individual who is able to discharge work across the multiple contracts, and possibly support weapon integration on various platforms. Working closely and building good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders is key to this role. The role also requires a good systems engineering background, preferably with experience of weapons integration on aircraft development programmes. There is opportunity for further growth and development in this role if the candidate is keen to make steps towards becoming an Engineering Manager, through people management other team lead responsibilities.

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: 25th February 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.