Graduate Maritime Services Systems Engineer P&TS Small Boats Portsmouth Naval Base Hampshire or Broad Oak Hampshire September 2024

Job Title    Graduate Systems Engineer P&TS 

Location     Portsmouth Naval Base (Hampshire) or Broad Oak (Hampshire) 

BAE Systems do offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however it is expected on our Graduate Programme you will be required to attend your site 3-4 days per week. Please note, this may be subject to change in line with the needs of the business. The hybrid working arrangements including which days you are required to work on site/remotely will be outlined by your line manager.

Salary     £34,000 + £2,000 Welcome Bonus    

Join our Maritime Services Team to become part of the only provider of complex warships, while providing the Royal Navy with its most advanced and powerful attack Warships. Our end to end Maritime Services range from warship availability, equipment and facilities management to training, product development and through life support for radar, torpedoes and small boats – Every Role Makes a Difference, You will make a difference. 

What you will be doing
As a graduate Systems Engineer within our Product and Training Services Boats Team you will learn and develop skills associated with the principles of systems engineering that can be applied across the entire engineering development lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and acceptance into system support.
Under supervision of our Senior Engineers you will apply growing systems engineering knowledge and skills to requirements elicitation, design, development, performance assessment, integration, acceptance and support, to resolve engineering issues for defined scenarios relating to the development and acceptance of products.

We also provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit. We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you’ll gain different experiences. With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner. Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role. To ensure we retain our talented people, we offer a blend of sponsorship, additional support in career development planning and a portfolio of high potential development programmes.  We are also fully committed to supporting graduates to work towards professional registration and Chartership with a range of professional institutes (e.g. the IET and IMechE).  Our graduate scheme is accredited with a number of different professional institutes, which means that we have demonstrated high standards of delivery and support. 

Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high performing work force that will develop and grow our future business. We believe that everyone has talent, and at the heart of our talent management approach our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s top employer in the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion. Accelerated development will be offered to those who have the aspiration, ability, and performance to fulfil roles that are critical to our future success. Using The Future Talent Programme, we select high potential graduates and provide them with further tailored development opportunities. 

Specific Activities may include: 
•    Systems through the entire engineering lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and customer acceptance into system support and disposal
•    Work across a range of products and services, resolving common engineering problems while working under close technical supervision as part of a system design team
•    With direction, discern and decompose requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset 
•    With direction, undertake system design and modelling to subsystem level using approved toolsets such as Cameo Magicdraw and/or MATLAB/Simulink
•    With direction, undertake the specification and design of external and internal system interfaces
•    Assist with definition and execution of system integration and testing
•    Support senior engineers in the definition of acceptance strategies used to verify requirement compliance at different levels of system design & support production of acceptance evidence
•    Assist with technical reviews of engineering technical documentation and design in accordance with business, legislative and customer requirements 
•    Develop a working knowledge of systems engineering practices including Model Based Engineering, digital threads, cyber security and safety procedures

Skills
As a minimum requirement you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Physics, Maths, Computing, Systems Engineering and General Engineering

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.   

Team 
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference. And as you tackle critical projects, you’ll work alongside a supportive team – driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.  

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 under represented 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.

Export Control / Security
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.

Physics, Maths, Computing, Systems Engineering and General Engineering