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Mechanical Engineer

Cowes, South East BAE Systems

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Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight

Salary: Up to £63,150 depending on experience. Part time & accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Providing technical engineering support to mechanical engineering design activities for new and legacy products

  • Developing conceptual designs for radar products, sub-systems and units

  • Producing technical documentation in line with company guidelines

  • Attending and contributing to design review discussions/meetings.

  • Engaging with different engineering disciplines and competencies which exist within the local project and BAE Systems more broadly.

  • Undertaking continuous personal development as required in order to build own skill, knowledge and competence in a range of business situations.

  • Supporting the development of other early careers engineers within the discipline

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering

  • Full engineering lifecycle experience

  • Defence, Marine or extreme environment engineering industry experience

  • Have a broad understanding of mechanical engineering theory and technology with an interest in developing specialist experience in cooling systems, FE and CFD

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Mechanical Engineering Radar Team:

As you engage with engineering functions across the business, as our team covers the whole engineering lifecycle using the latest cutting-edge technology, becoming a member of the Mechanical Engineering Radar team will provide you with significant exposure inside the larger BAE Systems organisation.

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering management support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 underrepresented 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.

Closing Date: 19th September 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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Mechanical Engineer

Portsmouth, South East BAE Systems

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Job title: Principal Mechanical Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead and conduct early lifecycle engineering activities, including technical investigations, root cause analysis and feasibility studies. Apply engineering theory/technical knowledge to support findings and recommendations

  • Define equipment/system technical requirements and acceptance routes. Apply and manage requirements to drive the development of design solutions for marine mechanical equipment and systems

  • Undertake design substantiation via calculation for marine mechanical systems and equipment. This shall include mechanical simulation/analysis in the areas of structures, fluids and heat transfer, incorporating appropriate optimisation and verification/validation (acceptance) routines

  • Manage technical risk, safety, requirements compliance and design maturity to align with design review gate requirements. Present to engineering design review panels

  • Produce design/analysis/technical reports, system/equipment specifications, scopes of work and undertake assessment of supplier responses

  • Liaise with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers as required to satisfy the needs of a project

Your skills and experiences:

  • Be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in mechanical engineering or similar STEM subject

  • Ideally professionally registered (CEng) through a relevant professional engineering institution such as the IET, IMechE, IMarEST etc or defined plan to get there. Proactive continuation of professional development

  • Have experience in application of marine/mechanical engineering in complex industrial/military applications

  • Competent in assessing mechanical solutions from first principles in support of recognised toolsets

  • Awareness of project management principles with an ability to consider time, scheduling, cost, and quality factors

  • Have an awareness of Systems Engineering and the benefits it brings to complex engineering projects

  • Experienced in applying defence and marine standards, including DefStan, classification society rules, ISO, and relevant regulatory frameworks (MCA, IMO)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Warship Technical Authority team:

The Warship Technical Authority (WTA) – Principal Mechanical Engineer will deliver professional engineering services to Warship Support in the areas of Naval Marine Mechanical Equipment and Systems

The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be required to undertake and routinely lead others in activities across the breadth of the engineering lifecycle to support in-service Naval Marine Platforms. They will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering capability across a broad set of challenges to meet the needs of specific Naval platforms, the WTA team and the customer programme

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: 11th September 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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Mechanical Engineer

Portsmouth, South East BAE Systems

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Job title: Principal Mechanical Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead and conduct early lifecycle engineering activities, including technical investigations, root cause analysis and feasibility studies. Apply engineering theory/technical knowledge to support findings and recommendations

  • Define equipment/system technical requirements and acceptance routes. Apply and manage requirements to drive the development of design solutions for marine mechanical equipment and systems

  • Undertake design substantiation via calculation for marine mechanical systems and equipment. This shall include mechanical simulation/analysis in the areas of structures, fluids and heat transfer, incorporating appropriate optimisation and verification/validation (acceptance) routines

  • Manage technical risk, safety, requirements compliance and design maturity to align with design review gate requirements. Present to engineering design review panels

  • Produce design/analysis/technical reports, system/equipment specifications, scopes of work and undertake assessment of supplier responses

  • Liaise with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers as required to satisfy the needs of a project

Your skills and experiences:

  • Be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in mechanical engineering or similar STEM subject

  • Ideally professionally registered (CEng) through a relevant professional engineering institution such as the IET, IMechE, IMarEST etc or defined plan to get there. Proactive continuation of professional development

  • Have experience in application of marine/mechanical engineering in complex industrial/military applications

  • Competent in assessing mechanical solutions from first principles in support of recognised toolsets

  • Awareness of project management principles with an ability to consider time, scheduling, cost, and quality factors

  • Have an awareness of Systems Engineering and the benefits it brings to complex engineering projects

  • Experienced in applying defence and marine standards, including DefStan, classification society rules, ISO, and relevant regulatory frameworks (MCA, IMO)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Warship Technical Authority team:

The Warship Technical Authority (WTA) – Principal Mechanical Engineer will deliver professional engineering services to Warship Support in the areas of Naval Marine Mechanical Equipment and Systems

The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be required to undertake and routinely lead others in activities across the breadth of the engineering lifecycle to support in-service Naval Marine Platforms. They will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering capability across a broad set of challenges to meet the needs of specific Naval platforms, the WTA team and the customer programme

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: 11th September 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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Mechanical Engineer

Cowes, South East BAE Systems

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Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight

Salary: Up to £63,150 depending on experience. Part time & accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Providing technical engineering support to mechanical engineering design activities for new and legacy products

  • Developing conceptual designs for radar products, sub-systems and units

  • Producing technical documentation in line with company guidelines

  • Attending and contributing to design review discussions/meetings.

  • Engaging with different engineering disciplines and competencies which exist within the local project and BAE Systems more broadly.

  • Undertaking continuous personal development as required in order to build own skill, knowledge and competence in a range of business situations.

  • Supporting the development of other early careers engineers within the discipline

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering

  • Full engineering lifecycle experience

  • Defence, Marine or extreme environment engineering industry experience

  • Have a broad understanding of mechanical engineering theory and technology with an interest in developing specialist experience in cooling systems, FE and CFD

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Mechanical Engineering Radar Team:

As you engage with engineering functions across the business, as our team covers the whole engineering lifecycle using the latest cutting-edge technology, becoming a member of the Mechanical Engineering Radar team will provide you with significant exposure inside the larger BAE Systems organisation.

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering management support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 underrepresented 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.

Closing Date: 19th September 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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Mechanical Engineer

Portsmouth, South East BAE Systems

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Job title: Principal Mechanical Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead and conduct early lifecycle engineering activities, including technical investigations, root cause analysis and feasibility studies. Apply engineering theory/technical knowledge to support findings and recommendations

  • Define equipment/system technical requirements and acceptance routes. Apply and manage requirements to drive the development of design solutions for marine mechanical equipment and systems

  • Undertake design substantiation via calculation for marine mechanical systems and equipment. This shall include mechanical simulation/analysis in the areas of structures, fluids and heat transfer, incorporating appropriate optimisation and verification/validation (acceptance) routines

  • Manage technical risk, safety, requirements compliance and design maturity to align with design review gate requirements. Present to engineering design review panels

  • Produce design/analysis/technical reports, system/equipment specifications, scopes of work and undertake assessment of supplier responses

  • Liaise with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers as required to satisfy the needs of a project

Your skills and experiences:

  • Be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in mechanical engineering or similar STEM subject

  • Ideally professionally registered (CEng) through a relevant professional engineering institution such as the IET, IMechE, IMarEST etc or defined plan to get there. Proactive continuation of professional development

  • Have experience in application of marine/mechanical engineering in complex industrial/military applications

  • Competent in assessing mechanical solutions from first principles in support of recognised toolsets

  • Awareness of project management principles with an ability to consider time, scheduling, cost, and quality factors

  • Have an awareness of Systems Engineering and the benefits it brings to complex engineering projects

  • Experienced in applying defence and marine standards, including DefStan, classification society rules, ISO, and relevant regulatory frameworks (MCA, IMO)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Warship Technical Authority team:

The Warship Technical Authority (WTA) – Principal Mechanical Engineer will deliver professional engineering services to Warship Support in the areas of Naval Marine Mechanical Equipment and Systems

The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be required to undertake and routinely lead others in activities across the breadth of the engineering lifecycle to support in-service Naval Marine Platforms. They will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering capability across a broad set of challenges to meet the needs of specific Naval platforms, the WTA team and the customer programme

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: 11th September 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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Mechanical Engineer

Cowes, South East BAE Systems

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Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight

Salary: Up to £63,150 depending on experience. Part time & accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Providing technical engineering support to mechanical engineering design activities for new and legacy products

  • Developing conceptual designs for radar products, sub-systems and units

  • Producing technical documentation in line with company guidelines

  • Attending and contributing to design review discussions/meetings.

  • Engaging with different engineering disciplines and competencies which exist within the local project and BAE Systems more broadly.

  • Undertaking continuous personal development as required in order to build own skill, knowledge and competence in a range of business situations.

  • Supporting the development of other early careers engineers within the discipline

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering

  • Full engineering lifecycle experience

  • Defence, Marine or extreme environment engineering industry experience

  • Have a broad understanding of mechanical engineering theory and technology with an interest in developing specialist experience in cooling systems, FE and CFD

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Mechanical Engineering Radar Team:

As you engage with engineering functions across the business, as our team covers the whole engineering lifecycle using the latest cutting-edge technology, becoming a member of the Mechanical Engineering Radar team will provide you with significant exposure inside the larger BAE Systems organisation.

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering management support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 underrepresented 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.

Closing Date: 19th September 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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Mechanical Engineer

null Cowes, South East BAE Systems

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Job Title:

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location:

Cowes, Isle of Wight

Salary:

Up to £55,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

Providing technical engineering support to mechanical engineering design activities for new and legacy products

Developing conceptual designs for radar products, sub-systems and units

Producing technical documentation in line with company guidelines

Attending and contributing to design review discussions/meetings.

Engaging with different engineering disciplines and competencies which exist within the local project and BAE Systems more broadly.

Undertaking continuous personal development as required in order to build own skill, knowledge and competence in a range of business situations.

Supporting the development of other early careers engineers within the discipline

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering

Full engineering lifecycle experience

Defence, Marine or extreme environment engineering industry experience

Have a broad understanding of mechanical engineering theory and technology with an interest in developing specialist experience in cooling systems, FE and CFD.

Desirable

Radar knowledge

Knowledge of Composite materials – testing and validation –

CEng level (or equivalent level of capability) or in the final stages of achieving CEng status

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Mechanical Engineering Radar Team:

As you engage with engineering functions across the business, as our team covers the whole engineering lifecycle using the latest cutting-edge technology, becoming a member of the Mechanical Engineering Radar team will provide you with significant exposure inside the larger BAE Systems organisation.

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering management support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 underrepresented 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.

Closing Date:

21 st

April 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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Mechanical Engineer

null Portsmouth, South East BAE Systems

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Job title:

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Location:

Portsmouth Naval Base – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary:

Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

Lead and conduct early lifecycle engineering activities, including technical investigations, root cause analysis and feasibility studies. Apply engineering theory/technical knowledge to support findings and recommendations

Define equipment/system technical requirements and acceptance routes. Apply and manage requirements to drive the development of design solutions for marine mechanical equipment and systems

Undertake design substantiation via calculation for marine mechanical systems and equipment. This shall include mechanical simulation/analysis in the areas of structures, fluids and heat transfer, incorporating appropriate optimisation and verification/validation (acceptance) routines

Manage technical risk, safety, requirements compliance and design maturity to align with design review gate requirements. Present to engineering design review panels

Produce design/analysis/technical reports, system/equipment specifications, scopes of work and undertake assessment of supplier responses

Liaise with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers as required to satisfy the needs of a project

Your skills and experiences:

Be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in mechanical engineering or similar STEM subject

Ideally professionally registered (CEng) through a relevant professional engineering institution such as the IET, IMechE, IMarEST etc or defined plan to get there. Proactive continuation of professional development

Have experience in application of marine/mechanical engineering in complex industrial/military applications

Competent in assessing mechanical solutions from first principles in support of recognised toolsets

Awareness of project management principles with an ability to consider time, scheduling, cost, and quality factors

Have an awareness of Systems Engineering and the benefits it brings to complex engineering projects

Experienced in applying defence and marine standards, including DefStan, classification society rules, ISO, and relevant regulatory frameworks (MCA, IMO)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Warship Technical Authority team:

The Warship Technical Authority (WTA) – Principal Mechanical Engineer will deliver professional engineering services to Warship Support in the areas of Naval Marine Mechanical Equipment and Systems

The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be required to undertake and routinely lead others in activities across the breadth of the engineering lifecycle to support in-service Naval Marine Platforms. They will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering capability across a broad set of challenges to meet the needs of specific Naval platforms, the WTA team and the customer programme

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:

11 th

September 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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Mechanical Engineer

PO1 Portsmouth, South East Atlas Recruitment Group Limited

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full time

Mechanical Engineer

Salary: Up to 47,000

Location: Portsmouth

Hybrid: 3 days on-site per week

Imagine being the expert looking after Type-45 Destroyers, who ensures every system-from HVAC to the fuel pumps-is perfect.

You'll be the go-to person, the one who guides the team and guarantees designs meet the highest standards. You'll also be a key player in resolving design defects and liaising with stakeholders to find practical solutions.

You'll be joining a global leader in defence, security, and aerospace, a company that builds the systems that protect nations.

This isn't just about ticking boxes; it's about solving real-world challenges and making a tangible impact on the future of naval technology.

We're looking for someone with:

  • Mechanical Engineering background in any sector
  • Knowledge of Mechanical Systems like HVAC, Fuel, and Water Systems
  • A degree or equivalent experience


Please apply if you're interested in hearing more!

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Mechanical Engineer

PO1 Portsmouth, South East Atlas Recruitment Group Limited

Posted 7 days ago

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full time

Mechanical Engineer

Salary: Up to 47,000

Location: Portsmouth

Hybrid: 3 days on-site per week

Imagine being the expert looking after Type-45 Destroyers, who ensures every system-from HVAC to the fuel pumps-is perfect.

You'll be the go-to person, the one who guides the team and guarantees designs meet the highest standards. You'll also be a key player in resolving design defects and liaising with stakeholders to find practical solutions.

You'll be joining a global leader in defence, security, and aerospace, a company that builds the systems that protect nations.

This isn't just about ticking boxes; it's about solving real-world challenges and making a tangible impact on the future of naval technology.

We're looking for someone with:

  • Mechanical Engineering background in any sector
  • Knowledge of Mechanical Systems like HVAC, Fuel, and Water Systems
  • A degree or equivalent experience


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