Flight Systems Support Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Flight Systems Support Engineer

Location: Brough/Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £47,683+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Reporting to the Fast Jet Support team Engineering Manager, prioritise workloads to:
• Provide technical responses to customer initiated issues affecting the operability of their Hawk fleets located around the world. This will require specialist Flight Systems (Mechanical) knowledge to generate technically robust recommendations that the Operators can apply to safely maximise Flying Hour (FH) availability. Some examples of the kind of tasking are as follows:

System/component failure investigations

Safety impact assessments

Requests for component/system maintenance deferrals/extensions

Test plans

Obsolescence and alternate component use

Repair scheme advice

• Co-ordinate and review Technical Publication Data Module validations

Generate Data Module technical change requests

Review and validate Data Module amendments before release to the Customer

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders (both Supplier and Customer)

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Minimum of HNC / HND / Degree in a STEM related subject
• Mechanical engineering experience
• Knowledge gained through at least one part of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle (preferably on Hawk)
• Proficient in the use of IT systems and standard office-style applications

Desirable:

• Flight Systems knowledge
• Practical working experience in one or multiple Through-Life Support disciplines
• Good IT skills with collaboration and task management applications such as Trilogi, TeamCentre (PLM) and Jira

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 Fast Jet Support team:

We currently have an exciting and demanding vacancy for a Hawk, In Service, Flight Systems Support Engineer working in Design Authority Services within S&S SDU.

The role is UK-based, reporting into the DAS Principal Consultant Engineering (TA) – Flight Systems for the production and support of technical query responses, supporting minor investigations and technical publication validations.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for 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: 9^th 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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