Graduate Trials & Commissioning Engineer

Graduate Naval Ships Trials & Commissioning Engineer

BAE Systems designs and builds a full range of naval ships from offshore patrol vessels to giant aircraft carriers, providing the capability to fulfill extensive naval operations around the world. We are the only provider of complex warships and their combat management systems to the UK Royal Navy’s surface fleet. Do you have what it takes to join our Naval Ships team?

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 fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially those currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

What You Will Be Doing

During your Trials and Commissioning Graduate program, you will gain visibility across a range of disciplines. A personal development plan will be created for your learning and development needs associated with your role.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting the development of strategies to ensure systems are successfully tested and commissioned to fully satisfy customer and business needs/requirements.
• Capturing and analyzing requirements to understand customer/business needs and the system's usage context.
• Conducting fault diagnoses into operational defects.
• Developing defect rectification solutions.
• Providing engineering advice and support to Operations, OEMs, and other functions.
• Understanding emergent properties of a system to support trade-offs, optimization, risk reduction, and testing.
• Supporting the identification of safety hazards and assessing and mitigating safety risks.
• Conducting all activities professionally to deliver engineering tasks to agreed time, cost, and quality to meet project milestones.

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 Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

Opportunities for Growth and Development

We encourage employees to explore projects beyond their primary responsibilities, providing them with diverse experiences. With a wide range of products and a multinational presence, there are ample opportunities for employees to engage in various projects and initiatives.

Community Involvement

In addition to professional development, BAE Systems values community engagement. Employees are encouraged to participate in community projects, STEM initiatives, and employee resource groups, offering valuable learning experiences outside their regular roles.

Retention and Career Development

Recognizing the importance of retaining talented individuals, we offer sponsorship, career development support, and high-potential development programs. These initiatives help employees plan their careers effectively and provide opportunities for accelerated development for those who demonstrate aspiration, ability, and performance.

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 program, Cycle2work, and employee discounts—you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

On commencement of employment, you will be paid a one-off, non-consolidated lump sum payment of £2,000 (the “Welcome Payment”). The Welcome Payment is subject to normal deductions and will be paid with your first salary payment. This provides you with the opportunity to ease your transition, whether this be relocation cost, securing housing, or ensuring smooth and reliable transport needs, anything to help kick-start your career in BAE Systems.

Inclusivity within our Recruitment Process

We want our recruitment processes to be 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.

Our Environmental Responsibility

As a future-focused business, we are committed to changing the world we live in for the better. Our target is to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, we’re innovating new ways to develop on-site renewable electricity and setting ambitious targets for water consumption and waste generation.

Export Control/Security

Many roles at BAE Systems will be subject to security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organization.