Join Our Team as a Lead Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance!
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a variety of hybrid and flexible working arrangements—let's discuss the options that suit you best!
Salary: Circa £55,000
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a Lead Mechanical Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-level engineering assurance across our cutting-edge BAE Systems Maritime Submarines products. Your responsibilities will include:
* Delivering engineering assurance to ensure integrity across major Submarine Enterprise programmes.
* Planning and prioritising assurance activities using a risk-based approach to optimise resources.
* Leading and supporting key assurance reviews, validating design decisions and technical bids.
* Ensuring products are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and fully integrated.
* Providing independent oversight to design and technical reviews, offering objective judgement.
* Collaborating across engineering and business teams to influence outcomes and shape product quality.
* Acting as an independent voice in safety assurance, providing impartial technical support.
Your Skills and Experiences:
We’re looking for candidates who bring a mix of education and hands-on experience:
* A Mechanical Engineering degree is preferred, but strong experience in design or commissioning will also be considered.
* Hands-on experience with event reporting systems, confidently identifying and resolving issues.
* Proven capability in design proving, including verification, validation, and commissioning.
* Strong knowledge of design reviews, audits, change management, and resolving complex technical challenges.
* A solid Mechanical Engineering background with practical experience across design, testing, and commissioning activities.
Why Join Us?
At BAE Systems, we offer more than just a job. Here’s what you can expect:
* A competitive pension scheme and employee share plans.
* An extensive range of flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme and private health plans.
* Potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
The Product Assurance Team:
In this role, you will be at the heart of some of the UK’s most advanced engineering challenges. You’ll shape key elements of the assurance schedule and gain hands-on insight into audits, inspections, reviews, tests, and trials. Your work will be varied and engaging, allowing you to produce clear technical briefings and support issue investigations. You’ll also act as a trusted source of specialist technical advice, directly contributing to the safety and assurance of world-class Submarine technologies. Relocation support is available for eligible candidates.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you can truly make a difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought and rewards integrity and merit. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and strive to make our recruitment processes 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 Information: 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: 10th December 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
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