Job title: Product Development Engineer
Location: Glascoed
Salary: £43,649
What you’ll be doing:
1. Supporting the product design and systems engineering activities for new and legacy products
2. Generating Safety Case Paperwork and Technical documentation relating to the service use of products
3. Conducting and managing product and process design, development, test, manufacture and evaluation activities. Ensuring that safety remains the highest priority in the working practices of yourself and the team
4. Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner, from planning through to trials execution to reporting and presenting conclusions
5. Application of effective Engineering Governance throughout the product development lifecycle supporting design reviews from concept to disposal
6. Configuration and maintenance of Engineering Bills of Materials for products
7. Product design and evaluation / down selection e.g. Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
8. Support the generation of costed proposals for external customers
Your skills and experiences:
9. Proven record of supporting engineering teams and projects
10. Strong Engineering skills: particularly the ability to identify issues, conduct technical analysis of causes and identify solutions
11. Strong technical writing skills: reports, specifications and technical documentation
12. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar subject
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Artillery team:
The Artillery is a dynamic fast growing product area with exciting products and programmes. Artillery has recently significantly grown which has opened up many exciting opportunities to be involved and progress within the team.
Our current programmes involve qualification of our 155mm Artillery Shells on new platforms. There are also some challenging build standard updates which are required along with safety case generation to support the safe use of our products. This is a very exciting time to join the Artillery team.
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: 8th August 2025
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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