Air

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Our Air Business

If you’d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of our Air team, you could be working at the edge of what is technologically possible, shaping the future to ensure our customers are ready to face challenges we cannot even imagine today. You could be developing and evolving the technologies that will defend the UK for generations to come and supporting our customers around the globe.

Join us and you’ll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

E-Scan Radar and Radome Equipment Engineer

Would you like to play a key role undertaking design, integration and qualification tasks? We currently have a vacancy for a E-Scan Radar and Radome Equipment Engineer at our site in Warton.

As a E-Scan Radar and Radome Equipment Engineer, you will be performing Systems and Equipment engineering tasks, ultimately delivering radar and Radome equipment into platform integration, supporting a range of stakeholders.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on cutting edge Radome technology which compliments the highly complex E-Scan Radar, bringing together items from multiple engineering programmes, enabling key technology for the UK customer.

Your main responsibilities as a E-Scan Radar and Radome Equipment Engineer will involve:

• Support the management of the Radar and Radome suppliers, including participation in the Supplier's regular engineering reviews
• Support the development of the new Radome with our Supplier, Meggitt Composites, in support of declaration of design and performance (DDP)
• Liaise closely with our international Avionics Joint Team (AJT) and associated stakeholders within Leonardo, Edinburgh to ensure all radar technical scope is captured
• Support the formalisation of radome design standard through Eurofighter GmBH. documentation set through to approval and issue
• Support detailed design activities for 'ECRS interim radar' including maintenance of the Equipment Specification ensuring all activities are completed on schedule and without prejudice to safety or quality
• Provide Systems and Equipment engineering review of supplier Documents in support of interim Radar DDP
• Provide support to the delivery of the Radar and Radome Equipment into systems integration and flight test - including creation and review of test plans & flight test reports
• Provide EDR support to radar Integrated Test Facility (ITF) activities for the Radar and Radome Equipment
• Provide support to post flight test data analysis using bespoke and cutting edge toolsets

Your skills and qualifications:

• HNC or Equivalent in (Systems or aerospace engineering)
• Knowledge of Supplier Management
• Knowledge of Airborne Radar Systems Integration
• Knowledge of Quality Management

What we are looking for in you:

You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team and engage with a broad stakeholder group. Furthermore, you will have high attention to detail with the ability to maintain concentration for significant periods of time, this will display your self-motivation and organisational skills.

Location: Warton

Salary: £40,056 – £44,040

Benefits:

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world’s leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

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Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems