Job Title:
Lead
Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance
Job Location:
Barrow-in-Furness, Hybrid
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary:
Circa £55,000
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.
What you will be doing:
In this role, you will deliver high-level engineering assurance across Maritime Submarines products, ensuring the integrity of major Submarine Enterprise programmes. You will plan and prioritise assurance activities using a risk-based approach,
lead
key reviews, and provide
independent
oversight to ensure products are safe, compliant, and fully integrated.
You will collaborate with engineering and wider business teams, influencing product quality and supporting safe and successful delivery, while acting as an
independent
voice in safety assurance.
Core Duties:
Deliver engineering assurance across submarine programmes, ensuring alignment with the Product Assurance Framework and maintaining product integrity
Plan and prioritise assurance activities using a risk-based approach, focusing on key technical risks
Lead
and support assurance reviews, validating design
decisions, technical bids, and engineering evidence
Provide
independent
oversight to design and technical reviews, ensuring compliance with engineering standards and policies
Ensure products are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and fully integrated, with hazards demonstrated ALARP and configurations controlled
Collaborate across engineering and business teams to influence outcomes, drive quality, and support programme delivery
Apply mechanical engineering
expertise, supported by a degree (or equivalent experience), across design, testing, commissioning, and design proving activities, including verification and validation
Utilise experience in event reporting, root cause
analysis, audits, and change
management
to resolve
complex
technical
challenges
and drive continuous improvement
The Product Assurance Team:
As a
Lead
Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance, you will be at the centre of some of the UK’s most advanced engineering
challenges, shaping elements of the assurance schedule and gaining insight from audits, inspections, reviews, tests, and trials. This varied role includes producing technical briefings, supporting issue investigations, and tracking progress through Product Assurance systems, while acting as a trusted source of specialist technical advice to directly support the safety and assurance of world-class submarine technologies. Relocation support may be available across submarine roles, subject to eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work – this is a place where you can grow your career with
confidence
and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family – support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a
strong
sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive.
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
We welcome applications from all
candidates
and give full, fair and open consideration to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our recruitment team to discuss any further support you may need. Connect with us at baesystems.com/connect
Security Statement
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:
31st 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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