Principal Pressure Vessel Engineer

Job title: Principal Pressure Vessel Engineer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid - 2 days onsite per week) - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

You will be working on the conceptual sizing of the pressure vessels for the next generation of submarines performing conceptual stress analysis and sizing components, using Finite Element Analysis (FEM) and hand calculations using pressure vessel codes

Developing stress design for pressure equipment working with design engineers and suppliers, supporting programs with tech challenges

Analysing components using plastic collapse, fatigue, heat transfer, shock loading and natural frequencies from conceptual sizing to detailed stressing of components

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

Mechanical Engineering Degree (or STEM equivalent)

Stress analysis and FEA experience

Understanding of structural load paths

Understanding of material properties

Desirable:

Pressure vessel analysis experience

Pressure vessel code experience

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 programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual leave incentive.

Shock and Dynamics Team:

This is an exciting opportunity within the Shock & Dynamics Team that applies engineering skills in developing pressure vessels designs for submarine programmes. The successful candidate will be working across multiple submarine programmes, at different stages of the product lifecycle, and will have the opportunity to influence the product design at concept stages. The successful candidate will be supported with training and career development opportunities.

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 and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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.”

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