Graduate Airframe Engineer

Graduate Air Airframe Engineer

Location: Brough (Hull)

Start Date: 7th July 2025

Join us at BAE Systems Air and be a part of a proud heritage in developing, manufacturing, upgrading, and supporting world-leading combat and fast jet trainer aircraft. Today, we operate globally across multiple markets to support our customers wherever needed. We engage across the entire air sector life cycle, from design and development to production, training, support, and maintenance.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity and rewards integrity and merit, empowering you to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

What You Will Be Doing

The Airframe Engineering Capability enables Graduate engineers to apply Airframe engineering principles to design, develop, and maintain fast jets and unmanned air systems. These principles span the entire Engineering Life Cycle, from initial concept to disposal.

The role of a Graduate Airframe Engineer will be within one of our four Engineering disciplines: Aerodynamics, Design, Materials, and Structural Engineering.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Aerodynamics discipline develops aerodynamic solutions to meet customer needs, utilizing Ground and Flight Tests along with High Performance Computer modeling.
• The Design Engineering Discipline produces integrated airframe design definitions and datasets, enabling product manufacture, support, qualification, and certification.
• The Materials Engineering Discipline offers technical support for materials and processes, ensuring solutions across design and manufacturing meet standards and safety.
• The Structures Engineering discipline defines initial airframe structure and ensures ongoing structural integrity, using analysis techniques like Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue, and Damage Tolerance analysis.

Skills

Minimum requirement: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, an Aerospace-related degree, or any STEM subject with at least a 2:2 predicted or obtained.

Opportunities for Growth and Development

We encourage employees to explore projects beyond their primary responsibilities, offering diverse experiences. Our wide range of products and multinational presence provide ample opportunities to engage in various projects and initiatives.

Community Involvement

We value community engagement. Employees are encouraged to participate in community projects, STEM initiatives, and employee resource groups, offering valuable learning experiences outside 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 aim to help employees plan their careers effectively and provide accelerated development opportunities for those demonstrating aspiration, ability, and performance.

Benefits

Receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave, and a company-contributed Share Incentive Plan. Additional benefits include flexible working, an employee assistance program, Cycle2work, and employee discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Upon commencement, you will receive a one-off non-consolidated lump sum payment of £2,000 (the “Welcome Payment”), subject to normal deductions, with your first salary. This aids in transition, covering costs like relocation, housing, or transport to help kick-start your career at BAE Systems.

Inclusivity in Recruitment

We strive for inclusivity in our recruitment processes. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Our Environmental Responsibility

We are committed to positively changing the world. Our target is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. We innovate onsite renewable electricity solutions and set ambitious targets for water consumption and waste generation.

Export Control/Security

Be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held, and place of birth may limit the roles you can perform within the organization.