Overview
Job title: Mechanical Design Lead. Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight or Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role. Salary: Up to £85,700 depending on skills and experience. Part time and accruing hours available.
What you’ll be doing
* Provide a depth and breadth of expert knowledge gained through substantial work experience to apply principles and concepts of systems engineering, ISO 15288, and own specialist mechanical engineering expertise to development or problem resolution of a complex shipborne structure with integrated sensor configurations.
* Provide technical and business leadership and may lead several engineering teams, including management and possible control of costs associated with the team activity.
* Analyse, define, evaluate, plan and deliver solutions to meet programme, business and customer requirements.
* Interface with customers, suppliers and other functions and act as an ambassador for engineering to these groups.
* Assist with development of engineering capability and skills and monitor professional development of engineers to meet future discipline requirements.
Your skills and experiences
* Subject matter expertise in Mechanical Engineering: Structures and Finite Element Analysis (particularly Static and Dynamic Shock and Vibration) or equivalent experience.
* Ability to generate requirements and translate concepts into production-ready designs.
* Relevant experience/knowledge of CAD and Mechanical Engineering Analysis, Modelling and Simulation tools.
* Experience of leading large scale complex system designs.
* Experience of multiple aspects of an engineering lifecycle and expert knowledge of lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile).
* Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM discipline.
* Achieved Chartered Engineer status or be working towards.
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers 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 Radar Systems Engineering team
The Mechanical Design Lead is a subject matter expert in Mechanical Engineering, responsible for the conceptual development of future shipborne integrated mast structures designed to house multiple radars, sensors, communications systems, and ship services. This role offers opportunities to enhance your skills and invest in your career journey within a global business. You will be supported in growing your knowledge in contemporary and cutting-edge radar techniques, with opportunities to develop your skills and responsibilities in technical leadership.
Working arrangements
You can enjoy flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site. The working approach will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include part-time hours, accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
Equal opportunity and security
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any previously held clearances, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 24th 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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