Senior Mechanical Engineer

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will deliver key WTA (Warship Technical Authority) service elements across platform systems, including design change, technical assurance, material state and obsolescence management, specialist engineering support, and future support or transformation planning. Core duties:

• Providing mechanical engineering support across diverse platform systems, equipment, and critical marine services
• Delivering engineering input to multiple projects, including CSM platforms and international naval programmes
• Working with internal teams and external stakeholders to clarify and manage platform system requirements
• Maintaining systems design integrity across varied engineering contexts, classes, and programme deployments
• Supporting investigations, impact assessments and integration analyses to enable evidence-based technical decisions
• Ensuring safe, efficient implementation of design changes while maintaining configuration control and system integration
  
  You hold broad knowledge of complex platform systems across UK and international markets
• You will have a good understanding of applicable industry standards and the ability to operate effectively within CSM, LCM, and other governance and assurance frameworks
• You will have the ability to apply mechanical engineering knowledge quickly and confidently to a wide range of platform and projects across multiple platform systems and sub-systems and equipment's
• You will be an experienced professional engineer at CEng level or equivalent level of capability
• You provide effective technical guidance and influence, supporting engineers with technical oversight, clarity of direction, and opportunities for professional development
  
  Join BAE Systems and you'll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you'll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You'll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there's no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you., 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.