Join Our Team as a Senior Structural Design Engineer!
Location: Samlesbury
Salary: Starting at £47,683+, based on your skills and experience
We embrace flexibility! Explore our hybrid working arrangements and discuss your options with your recruiter.
What You'll Be Doing:
As a Senior Structural Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in our engineering team. Your responsibilities will include:
* Collaborating with various engineering disciplines, suppliers, and customers to foster a dynamic and innovative product development environment.
* Producing and issuing Airframe engineering design data that meets project requirements while adhering to design standards, quality, cost, and schedule.
* Verifying design data to ensure compliance with project standards before formal checks.
* Identifying technical risks and opportunities, proposing effective mitigation plans when necessary.
* Supporting personal and professional development for yourself and your team members.
* Resolving design queries and facilitating necessary modifications.
* Assisting in defining and planning design workload delivery.
Your Skills and Experiences:
Essential:
* Experience in an Airframe Design role or a related discipline.
* A degree or HNC/HND (or equivalent qualification).
* Hands-on experience in airframe design across various product lifecycle phases.
* Proficiency in CAD systems, particularly CATIA V5 or equivalent, along with experience in PLM systems.
* Understanding of product lifecycle requirements and governance for product integrity.
Desirable:
* Experience in a multidisciplinary integrated product development environment.
* Experience working with external customers, suppliers, and partners.
* Ability to manage design tasks to meet engineering and program requirements.
* Experience in leading and guiding design staff.
* Holding a design check signature is a plus.
Why Join Us?
At BAE Systems, we offer more than just a job; we provide a pathway to grow your career. Here’s what you can expect:
* A competitive pension scheme and employee share plans.
* Access to a wide range of flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme and private health plans.
* Potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
The Team:
As part of our team, you will contribute to the physical product definition that meets multidisciplinary system functional requirements. You will enhance your engineering skills across various design stages, working in both 3D and 2D environments centered on CATIA V5. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on the cutting-edge Typhoon program, with ample opportunities for career progression aligned with your personal and professional development.
Why BAE Systems?
Join us and make a real difference! We foster an inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and rewards integrity and merit. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.
Important Note: Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality and residency may affect your eligibility for certain positions. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting.
Closing Date: 7th November 2025
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so don’t wait—apply today!