Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – PCB Process
Location: Rochester
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
* Owning and developing PCB processes including SMT, Wave and Selective Solder, Hand Solder, Press Fit, Cleaning, AOI, X-Ray, and Conformal Coating
* Creating and maintaining manufacturing plans, routings, and work instructions
* Generating and optimising machine programs such as SMT placement and AOI
* Providing day-to-day technical support and troubleshooting on the shop floor
* Driving continuous improvement focused on Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery
* Supporting root cause analysis, corrective actions, and audit readiness
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
* Strong technical background in Printed Circuit Board manufacture and hands-on understanding of shop-floor challenges
* Knowledge of IPC standards (e.g. IPC-A-600 and IPC-6010), with the ability to interpret, apply, and enforce requirements within an aerospace quality framework
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with Design, Quality, Production, and Supply Chain teams
Desirable:
* Recognised UK engineering qualification, e.g. HNC/HND or BEng (Hons) in Electrical, Electronic, or Manufacturing Engineering
* Formal IPC certification (e.g. IPC-A-600 or IPC-610)
* Lean / Six Sigma training (Green Belt or equivalent) with demonstrable yield or reliability improvements
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 Manufacturing Engineering team:
The Manufacturing Engineering team play a pivotal role in supporting the manufacture of current and future products across our entire product range and the full programme lifecycle. Working closely with stakeholders across Manufacturing and Engineering, the team use their knowledge and experiences to support our manufacturing systems and processes during initial bid, new product introduction, production and repair to ultimately ensure product quality is met within schedule and budget targets.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 16th March 2026
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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