From the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space – there’s no limit to where your career at BAE Systems could take you. 

When you join BAE Systems you’ll be part of something bigger, a purpose that binds diverse minds and talents together – to serve, supply and protect those who serve and protect us. 

From day one, you can expect unique environments and boundary-breaking projects across air, land, sea, cyber and space - it’s stimulating and meaningful work, providing vital advantage to our customers. You’ll be part of a team committed to excellence where you’ll collaborate with some of the brightest minds working towards a common vision - to be the premier international defence, aerospace and security company.  

In return for your hard work and commitment you can expect the reward, recognition and benefits that mean the most to you, and your family. This includes everything from flexible working and learning opportunities, to wellbeing and healthcare support. It’s an environment where you’ll be empowered to be your best and supported to achieve your career ambitions. Whether that’s within your specialism, or across sectors, at home or internationally - the opportunities are limitless. 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

At BAE Systems, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives.  

We believe that a diverse workforce drives innovation and enables us to meet the complex challenges of today's world. Our goal is to create an environment where differences are not only respected but celebrated, ensuring that all employees have the opportunity to reach their full potential. 

To support our diverse workforce, we have established several Employee Resource Groups, including: 

  • Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Network 

  • Disability Network 

  • Gender Network 

  • LGBTQ+ Network 

  • Mental Health Network 

  • Veterans Network 

These networks provide platforms for employees to connect, share experiences, and promote inclusivity within the company. 

Partnerships and Accreditations 

To reinforce our commitment to DEI, we actively partner with organisations and participate in initiatives such as: 

  • Stonewall Equality Index (LGBTQ+) 

  • Time to Change Commitment (Mental Health) 

  • The Valuable 500 (Disability Inclusion) 

  • Social Mobility Index 

  • Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmark (GDIB) 

These collaborations help us to continually improve our practices and benchmark our progress in creating an inclusive workplace. 

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility 

Beyond our internal initiatives, we are committed to making a positive impact in our communities. Through education partnerships, charitable contributions, and volunteer efforts, we strive to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in society at large. 

At BAE Systems, we understand that our success is driven by the diverse talents and perspectives of our people. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels included, respected, and empowered to achieve their best. 

Feb 11, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Portsmouth, Hampshire
Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager Location: Portsmouth - Broad Oak or Fife - Hillend. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £73,000 commensurate with skills and experience What you'll be doing: In this leadership role you will be part of the management team for both the Manufacturing and Simulation & Training sectors of the Products business within Maritime Services You will operate at both a strategic and tactical level by providing fit for purpose commercial models and guidance for export and domestic campaigns and programmes Establish yourself as part of the management teams for both the Manufacturing and Simulation & Training sectors, providing commercial advice to the Sector Head and the rest of the management team Provide hands on commercial leadership to complex and challenging commercial and contractual issues including...
Feb 11, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Portsmouth, Hampshire
Job Title: Test Engineer Location: Portsmouth - Broad Oak Salary: Up to £35,000 commensurate with skills and experience What you'll be doing: Test a range of low/medium complexity manufactured products Diagnose a range of low/medium complexity manufactured products with occasional technical support Testing in accordance with defined Test Schedule/Instruction Use wide range of standard test equipment Use business systems to record product history/compliance Your Skills and Experiences: HNC or equivalent qualification in electronic / electrical engineering or relevant apprenticeship Possess technical expertise to include elements of either analogue, digital, RF or micro-processing domains 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...
Feb 10, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Isle of Wight
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer (Part Time or Full Time) Location: Cowes Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on experience. Part time & accruing hours available, plus bonus scheme What you'll be doing: Applying experience to design & develop sub-system solutions, resolve engineering issues and problems, and provide guidance to others for a range of software products as part of a 70 strong software team within the Product & Training Services area of BAE Systems Maritime Services Providing technical expertise across the software team for the ongoing maintenance of software that is part of the naval radars that are in service with the Royal Navy on multiple platforms Providing technical expertise across the software team for the requirements, design, implementation, testing and verification of the software subsystems on Naval radars Providing technical expertise for the design and development of subsystems including replacement of obsolete...
Feb 10, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Isle of Wight
Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Part Time or Full Time) Location: Isle of Wight - Cowes Salary: Up to £70,600 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available Put yourself into a dynamic Principal Systems Engineering role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. You will be developing current and next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and gain an advantage in the strategic Future Air Dominance domain. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Systems Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us. What you'll be doing: Develop novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex Multi-Function Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing Apply a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of...
Feb 10, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Crewe, Cheshire
Job Title: Senior Management Accountant Location: Radway Green, Crewe Salary: £53,928 What you'll be doing: Monitoring financial performance of Site Operations cost base areas along with advising on regular reviews with senior stakeholders and helping provide independent and robust financial challenge Delivering accurate and consistent management reporting information for Site Operations area including hours and site stock reports Supporting the Cost Performance Lead in the 5-year Integrated Business Plan for all aspects of a manufacturing business, including support to the direct labour rate calculation, co-ordinating and challenging inputs with budget holders to generate labour and non-labour requirements Preparing monthly accruals, prepayments & account correction journals and raising purchase requisitions to support operation, engineering and production requirements Ensuring strong adherence to financial controls per finance...
Feb 10, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Preston, Lancashire
Job Title: Head of Financial Controls Location: Preston. (Various locations considered). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Circa £90,000 plus executive benefits What you'll be doing: Implement strategic changes in the operation of financial controls, benchmarking against external standards and collaborating with external Subject Matter Experts as needed Ensure an efficient quality assurance process in finance, redefining policies with CFO approval to meet regulatory requirements Identify and mitigate Financial Reporting risks to the Annual Report, ensuring appropriate representation and approvals Oversee the quality of First Line of Assurance for finance processes across the UK and International footprint, collaborating with Governance Operations, Finance Assurance, the wider finance operating model, and Internal Audit to enhance...
Feb 10, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems England
Job Title: Domestic Campaigns Lead - FCAS Umbrella Location: United Kingdom - All BAE UK Sites will be considered. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £72,000+ commensurate with skills and experience Launched in 2018, the Combat Air Strategy sets out the UK government's ambition for the future Combat Air capability, ensuring the UK remains a world leader in the sector. Underpinning this strategy, the UK launched the Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme (FCAS-AP), which will be responsible for acquisition of the RAF's next generation combat air system, a system of systems, which is likely to include a core and adjunct platforms, connected into a wider defence ecosystem. What you'll be doing: Responsible for leading the pan Digital Intelligence capture for future business across the wider FCAS portfolio, providing a cohering role...
Feb 07, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Preston, Lancashire
Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager Location: Preston or Frimley. 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 £64,000 depending on experience What you'll be doing: Leading highly complex, large value projects, within a complex supply chain and stakeholder environment which have transformational business impact Providing strong and effective leadership Working with vendors defining project plans to achieve organisational goals whilst focusing on business change Delivering to time, cost and quality Providing timely and concise decision-making information to customers and stakeholders Proactively managing risk and control through the lifecycle of the project Ensuring project delivery adheres to BAE governance criteria Your skills and experiences: Experience of working on enterprise-wide IT projects and successfully...
Feb 07, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Preston, Lancashire
Job Title: Procurement Professional Location: Preston or Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £26,000+ depending on experience What you'll be doing: Provide support to the Operational Procurement team by processing requisitions promptly and efficiently Manage outstanding debts and deliver regular reports, holding meetings and collaborating with various departments, stakeholders, and suppliers Update the master data list of suppliers on the relevant purchasing platform Assist IPS colleagues with Request for Quotes or address queries as needed Contribute to the team's performance metrics and dashboards Support sponsors and stakeholders in driving automation, collaborating with business units and category leads to implement technical solutions using Coupa or SAP/Oracle, while providing...
Feb 06, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Scotland
Job Title: Off Aircraft Mechanical Technician Location: RAF Lossiemouth Salary: £ 37,356 What you'll be doing: You will carry out the maintenance and repairs of varied Components within the Off Aircraft environment You may be required to provide guidance to less experienced team members in a diverse and dynamic operational environment Analyse and diagnose faults to equipment & assemblies, follow diagnostic procedures and work effectively within a team to provide guidance to less experienced team members in a diverse and dynamic operational environment You will be involved in problem solving and fault diagnosis abilities are key with a good approach to team working Your skills and experiences: Suitably qualified Technician with varied experience on fast jet aircraft and components undergoing repair and modification Skill at hand and problem-solving abilities are key Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship, or...
Feb 06, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Frimley, Surrey
Job Title: Counsel - Litigation & Investigations Location: Frimley Surrey. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: Negotiable depending on experience What you'll be doing: Managing major disputes on behalf of BAES Identifying disputes risk and advising on and implementing related risk mitigation strategies Advising and negotiating settlements of disputes both before and after formal proceedings have been commenced Overseeing the engagement of external legal services to ensure high-quality, timely, and cost-effective legal advice Providing specialist English law advice, with expertise in English court litigation and international commercial arbitration Providing clear and practical legal advice using straightforward language Helping to develop and implement investigations capabilities across our...
Feb 06, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Glasgow
Job title: Senior Supplier Quality Engineer Location: Glasgow (Scotstoun/Govan) - Frequent travel to supplier sites throughout the UK & Europe to be expected Salary: Up to £ 47,000 (depending on skills and experience) What you'll be doing: Carry out surveillance activities across the supply chain base, to assure our suppliers are achieving contractual requirements and product conformity. Conduct product verifications & or validations at supplier premises or goods receipt locations Implementation of Quality Plans (QP) and Inspection & Test Plans (ITP), reviewing the effectiveness of the outputs. Support suppliers with their corrective actions and root cause identification, ensuring corrective actions are completed in a timely manner. Creation & Implementation of Supplier Assurance processes and supporting documentation. Measure, collate and analyse supplier data, to inform stakeholders...
Feb 05, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Lancashire
Job title: Electronic Warfare Senior Systems Engineer Location: Warton - 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+ dependant on skills and experience What you'll be doing: This role will require for you to work with the supplier to understand programme status and key issues, maintaining telecoms and meetings with a regularity as appropriate to the status of the programme and ensure that suppliers are aware of the National/EF programme requirements You will engage with suppliers to establish future equipment requirements and ensure that product obsolescence is managed through the engineering lifecycle A requirement will be to support the Final Assembly Line & Flight Development Line to ensure that DASS equipment is available to meet programme requirements A key task is to continue to identify ways to help improve ground equipment, training and...
Feb 05, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Rochester, Kent
Job Title: Software Engineer (Embedded) Location: Rochester Salary: £34,000 What you'll be doing: Developing embedded software, peripheral drivers, protocol, human-machine interfaces and associated supporting documentation Analysing and defining, software architecture/ design, modelling and simulation, systems/ software integration, verification and validation, safety critical development techniques Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree or equivalent qualification in a Scientific/Engineering (electronics-engineering, software-engineering, physics, maths) environment Excellent Software Engineering skills, with a solid foundation in one of C/C++/C# Knowledge and understanding of the Software Lifecycle Practical experience of developing embedded software (e.g., for bare metal or embedded RTOS platforms) Scripting languages such as MATLAB or Python Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans,...
Jan 31, 2025
Full time
BAE Systems Preston, Lancashire
Job Title: Communications Advisor Location: Preston, Frimley or Scotstoun. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £42,000 + depending on experience What you'll be doing: Providing guidance and support to the functions on Communications Strategy deployment, including embedding communications activities. Assisting managers, and sometimes leads, in development and effective delivery of communications which enhance business performance. Being responsible for the creative input / the production of materials (print / digital) collateral for campaigns and initiatives. Supporting the Communications Manager in the development and delivery of effective and integrated communications plans, leading on some of the simpler aspects Building effective and robust communications networks through customer relationship management to support delivery...