Summer Intern Systems Engineer

Summer Intern Naval Ships Systems Engineer

Location: Scotstoun (Glasgow)

Start Date: 23rd June 2025

BAE Systems designs and builds a full range of naval ships from offshore patrol vessels to giant aircraft carriers, providing customers with the capability to conduct extensive naval operations worldwide. As the sole provider of complex warships and their combat management systems to the UK Royal Navy’s surface fleet, we invite you to consider joining 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 fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented sections of the community, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

What you will be doing

As a Summer Intern Systems Engineer, you will work in a holistic, multi-disciplinary role, focusing on the bigger picture and bridging the gaps between disciplines. Throughout the different stages of a product lifecycle, you could find yourself supporting:

• Activities in design and development using modelling and simulation techniques.
• The development and management of technical information about how our systems and products operate.
• Seeing our products in action as they are integrated and tested in labs, or on a platform itself as it is tested in our various business units.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting the development of strategies to ensure systems are designed and integrated to fully satisfy customer and business needs/requirements.
• Capturing and analyzing requirements to understand customer/business needs and the context in which the system will be used.
• Supporting the design and optimization of system architectures and solutions using system modelling techniques.
• Facilitating successful integration of systems and subsystems.
• Identifying and managing interfaces, dependencies, and failure modes.
• Determining the emergent properties of a system to support trade-offs, optimization, risk reduction, and testing.
• Defining the verification and validation approach to achieve certification and acceptance of the system.
• Supporting the identification of safety hazards and the assessment and mitigation of safety risk.

Skills

As a minimum requirement, you’ll need to be on track to obtain a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in any STEM-related subject. To be considered for this role, you must be returning to university to complete your degree.

Opportunities for Growth and Development

We encourage employees to explore projects beyond their primary responsibilities, providing 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 of 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.

Inclusivity within our recruitment process

We want to make sure that our recruitment processes are 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’re 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

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that 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.