Hardware Development Engineer

Job title:Hardware Development Engineer

Location: Warton– We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £45,326 – £49,834 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and integrating Typhoon aircrew training devices

• Testing and installing training devices, modifying, and upgrading existing training devices

• Designing systems and subsystems using hardware such as computing servers and networking equipment

• Creating design specifications and acceptance test manuals

• Identifying necessary facilities for customer sites

• Integrating training device sub-systems and computing/visual systems

• Conducting electrical product safety testing

• Participating in acceptance testing with customers

• Collaborating with internal and external suppliers

• Producing engineering drawings and technical documentation

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience in product electrical testing

• Knowledge of synthetic training systems

• Understanding of configuration management

• Understanding of requirements management

• Knowledge of Product Safety CE & UKCA marking and LV directive compliance

• Willing to travel to UK, the Middle East customer sites

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.

The Air Service Aircrew Training & Simulation Solutions (ATSS) team:

The Air Service Aircrew Training & Simulation Solutions (ATSS) team is responsible for the development and delivery of customer Typhoon training devices (Simulators). These customers include the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the expanding Typhoon export market which currently includes Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar with the potential to include a number of other customers worldwide. This is an excellent and exciting opportunity for you to be involved in the early stages of the engineering lifecycle, through to device delivery and product acceptance by the customer.

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.

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 organisation.

Closing Date:26th January 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.