Job title: Degree Apprentice Engineering
Location: Barrow – We offer relocation support packages for this role (Barrow-in-Furness based roles), subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Salary: We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.
What you’ll be doing:
Engineering is at the heart of the Submarines business — so our Engineering Degree Apprentices progress into roles at the very forefront of technological advancement for the Royal Navy fleet. Within an Engineering Degree Apprenticeship, you will specialise in one of a broad range of disciplines. This ensures that your skills and talents are engaged in the type of work that you find most interesting. Engineers are responsible for exciting and varied work such as:
1. Development & qualification of submarine structures, systems and equipment.
2. Writing technical specifications.
3. Design and test activities.
4. Detailed requirements planning and performance analysis.
5. Generation of test procedures and reviewing of evidence.
During your apprenticeship, we will provide work experience from across our teams and programmes. This work-based learning is personalised in order to broaden your understanding of our business and product, whilst deepening your knowledge within a specialist discipline. You will also follow an associated Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship and take part in bespoke technical training courses that are specific to your role.
Available Engineering Disciplines:
For 2025, the following engineering disciplines are available. You will learn more about each one during induction, and we will then work with you to align you to a specialism that is a good match.
1. Structural – As a Structural engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring vessel integrity at all limits and making sure that the vessel can safely accommodate its crew, cargo and armament and arrive home safely.
2. Mechanical – In the Mechanical domain, you will be part of one of the largest teams of mechanical discipline engineers, covering a wide range of areas including air and gas, hydraulics, survival and domestics, variable ballast, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), atmosphere control, cooling systems, diesel generators, ocean interfaces, and propulsion systems.
3. Research & Technology – In the Technology Management team, you would be part of a team responsible for authoring the Submarines Technology Strategy, developing technology roadmaps, and managing the portfolio management of the R&D projects.
4. Materials – In the Materials Technology Team, you would become part of a dedicated group of expert metallurgists and welding engineers, establishing material strategies and policies that govern all submarine-related activities.
5. Systems – Systems Engineers play a vital role by dissecting projects into manageable components, facilitating comprehension and implementation at all levels.
6. PMS C&I / AVC / SIF / ICPDS – Focus on resolving technical challenges related to wire-free communications, digital/IP telephony, and more.
7. Human Factors – Your role within this cluster is crucial in ensuring the safety, operability, and habitability of products, systems, processes, environments, and facilities.
8. PNED – Responsible for ensuring the nuclear reactor is safely designed, built, and tested.
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, and shopping discounts.
The Submarines team:
Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world-class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.
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.
Export Control / Security:
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions.
Qualification requirements:
5 GCSE A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) Including Maths, English & Science or Technical Subject. A minimum of 96 UCAS Tariff Points achieved from either A levels at grade C or above (or equivalent) or a STEM based L3 Extended BTEC Diploma.
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