Description
Job title: Graduate Submarines Platform Nuclear Engineer
Location: Barrow (Cumbria)
We offer relocation support packages for this role, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 5 days per week.
Salary: £34,000 + £2,000 Welcome Bonus
What you’ll be doing:
* Supporting the design, build and testing activities on the Naval Reactor Plant across multiple programmes.
* Receiving exposure to working with a range of stakeholders across the BAE submarines network along with external stakeholders such as the Ministry of Defence.
* Facilitating programme delivery through innovative engineering solutions.
* Carrying out Nuclear Safety assessment of submarine design changes and deviations from the submarine design intent.
* Providing technical rationale and sound engineering and design recommendations to Rolls Royce and the MoD to question existing requirements.
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Submarines Team: be a part of designing, building, testing, and commissioning the Astute and Dreadnought Class, the largest and most advanced submarines operated by the Royal Navy, providing a powerful and secure deterrent for the United Kingdom.
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 under represented 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.
Qualification requirements
As a minimum requirement you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering / Physical Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Nuclear, Materials, Chemistry and Physics.
Start date (dd Month Year)
13th April 2026
Length of contract
Permanent contract
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