Design Engineer
Job Title\: Design Engineer
Location\: Brough - full time on site
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role
Referral Scheme Bonus\: £2,000
Grade\: E
You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.
We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.
If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.
PLEASE NOTE\: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.
What you’ll be doing \:
In this role, you will support airframe design and development programmes within a collaborative, agile environment. You will be responsible for designing and integrating structures and systems to deliver safe, reliable, and maintainable aircraft using tools such as CATIA V5. Working with multidisciplinary teams, you will help support the programme delivery and you will engage with key stakeholders across engineering and gain exposure to multiple platforms
Core duties\:
- Deliver tasks on time and to budget
- Ensure quality and compliance
- Follow processes and plans
- Collaborate with stakeholders
- Improve tools and processes
Essential Skills\:
- Engineering related degree OR HND/HNC combined with experience working ideally within an Airframe related discipline preferably within Design Engineering
- Aerospace design engineering background
- Proven ability to deliver design tasks to schedule and review standards
The Design Team\:
This is a new and growing team. You will collaborate closely with structures engineers, systems engineers, aerodynamicists, materials and manufacturing specialists, gaining exposure to a variety of airframe design and development programmes, and contributing to innovative, high-integrity design solutions.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive\:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.
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\: 3rd July 2026