Job summary

Product Development Engineer - 12 month contract - Glascoed, Monmouthshire - £37.57 ph UMB or £28.47 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)

Key skills required for this role

Product Development, Product Development Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering,

Important

Product Development Engineer

Job description

The Role

Would you like to join a multi-disciplined engineering team involved in the development, manufacture and testing of a number of new products? BAE Systems Land UK currently has vacancies for Product Development Engineers in the Future Programmes team, to support the design and development of advanced munitions products at our Glascoed site in South Wales.

As a Product Development Engineer, you will be responsible for technical aspects of your respective programmes. Projects will cover all phases of a product's lifecycle: concepts, development, testing, qualification, production and in service support. You will work with a team of engineers to deliver a variety of project goals, depending on project size and complexity.

This diverse role will provide you with the opportunity to engage with many different engineering disciplines, as well as gaining a wealth of experience in this area. There will also be opportunities to engage with many other functions within BAE Systems on a wide range of projects.

The position will be based primarily at BAE Systems Land UK in Glascoed, Monmouthshire, however, occasional travel to other manufacturing and test/evaluation sites will be necessary.

Role Responsibilities:

• Assisting product development and systems engineering activities for new products
• Coordination of product development and related engineering activities
• Configuration and maintenance of Engineering bills of materials for products
• Product development and evaluation e.g. Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
• Manufacture, test and evaluation of munitions products
• Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner - from the trials planning stage to completion of the trial and presentation of the data
• Development and use safe systems of work
• Development of quality systems

Essential Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar Engineering discipline)
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate a proven capability in development projects, in particular system integration
• Proven ability to take ownership, prioritise and deliver product Engineering tasks within development projects to ensure completion within agreed timescales and to required standard
• Ability to produce high quality technical reports
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and strong IT skills
• A good understanding of project/risk management and the ability to use associated tools and techniques
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and models

Desirable Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Electronic Engineering with proof of experience in developing complex electro-mechanical systems
• Minimum 5 Years product development experience in the Engineering industry
• Chartered Engineer or Membership with appropriate Engineering Institution
• Knowledge and experience of munition design and manufacture
• Experience of product test and evaluation activities
• Familiarity with the Life Cycle Management (LCM) process
• A working knowledge of Systems Engineering and Engineering design
• Working knowledge of Risk Management
• Awareness of relevant manufacturing technologies and processes
• Current valid UK Security Clearance to SC level or higher

Security Requirements: SC and CTC