Undergraduate Software Engineer

Job Title: Undergraduate Software Engineer

Location: Hillend

Company: BAE Systems

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace, and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of 93,100 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

What You Will Be Doing

On an Undergraduate Placement, over 12 months, you will develop a broad understanding of the Software function, creating cutting-edge software for our hardware and being involved in the entire lifecycle of a product, from design and development to integration. You will work closely with Electronic and Systems engineers to enable the development of complex real-world systems that must perform perfectly every time, as the consequences of failure can be catastrophic.

We encourage involvement in projects outside your primary remit, seeking stretch projects that provide different experiences. With our vast portfolio of products and multinational presence, various opportunities await around every corner. Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives, and support groups (employee resource groups) for valuable learning and development experiences beyond your day-to-day role.

To retain our talented people, we offer sponsorship, career development planning support, and a portfolio of high-potential development programs. We fully support graduates to work towards professional registration and Chartership with professional institutes (e.g., IET and IMechE). Our graduate scheme is accredited with several professional institutes, demonstrating our high delivery and support standards.

Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high-performing workforce to grow our future business. We believe everyone has talent, and our ambition is to be recognized as the UK’s top employer in the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion. Accelerated development will be offered to those with aspiration, ability, and performance, fulfilling roles critical to our future success. Through The Future Talent Programme, we select high potential graduates and provide tailored development opportunities.

Specific Activities

You will be allocated to an engineering project team, expected to address engineering issues through tasks like requirements evaluation, problem-solving, deliverable presentation, data information dissemination, meeting and note-taking, report writing, presentation preparation, and cost, schedule, and risk analysis.

Skills

As a minimum requirement, you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s in Computing, Computer Science, or IT networks-related subject; Maths; Physics.

To be considered for this role, you must be returning to university to complete your degree.

Benefits

• Competitive pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave allowance
• Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan
• Access to flexible working
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle2work and employee discounts
• Eligibility for an annual incentive

Team

Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference. As you tackle critical projects, you’ll work alongside a supportive team driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.

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 empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, particularly from sections of the community currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We want to make sure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Export Control / Security

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. These restrictions can limit eligibility for specific positions based on factors like nationality, past nationalities held, and place of birth. All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and many roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, requiring 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK for meaningful security vetting checks.