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Job Title: Mass Properties Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Brough, Weymouth, Bristol, Portsmouth, Frimley, Manchester – 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:

Collate mass property data for equipment and systems to deliver weight and centroid control on multi billion pound submarine programmes

Support the Mass Properties Lead to aggregate weight and centroid reports and present the status to the Chief Naval Architect

Collaborate with system design engineers to accurate estimate mass, centroid and design maturity of multiple mechanical and electronic systems

Maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass properties

Provide input to and lead weight saving strategies and maintain the list of weight risk and opportunities for each discipline area

Interrogate CAD models to determine estimates for mass properties with associated uncertainties

Utilise statistical analysis to provide a whole boat picture of weight risk and opportunity to senior leaders, stakeholders and our customers

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

Qualified in STEM subject or extensive experience

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

IT literate in Microsoft packages, experienced knowledge in Excel

Ability to understand and interpret engineering data

Desirable

Experience working with large, Electrical or Mechanical systems

Data analysis experience including interpretation, visualisation, manipulation and presentation

Experience of using CAD packages and programmes

CEng/IEng status or a clear pathway to achieving professional recognition

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 incentive.

The Weight Engineering team:

The Weight Engineering Team are a multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists who estimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number of multi billion pound submarine programmes. The Weight Engineering team are a specialist team who play a critical role in the whole boat design and assuring whole boat safety. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 12th June 2025

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.

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