Mechanical Design Lead

Job Title: Mechanical
Design Lead

Location: Isle of Wight –
Cowes or Portsmouth – Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and
flexible working arrangements – please class="rec-format">speak to your recruiter about
the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £85,700
(dependent on skills and experience) Part time & accruing hours
available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these
options

Put yourself into a dynamic Mechanical
Design Lead role at the
forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. Alongside
ensuring operational excellence for our existing products, there
will be the opportunity to develop next generation radar products
to counter emerging threats and contribution to our strategy for
new technology. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by
applying the principles
of Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle
as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and
protect us.

What you’ll be
doing:

• Provide a
  depth and breadth of class="rec-format">expert knowledge gained through
  substantial work experience to apply class="rec-format">principles and concepts of
  systems engineering, ISO 15288 and class="rec-format">own specialist mechanical
  engineering expertise
  to development or problem resolution of a class="rec-format">complex shipborne structure with
  integrated sensor configurations
• Provide
  technical and business class="rec-format">leadership and may class="rec-format">lead several engineering teams,
  including management
  and possible control of
  costs associated with the team activity
  
• Analyse,
  define, evaluate, plan and deliver solutions to meet programme,
  business and customer requirements
• Interface
  with customers, suppliers and other functions and will act as an
  ambassador for engineering to these groups
  
• Assist with development of engineering capability and
  skills and monitor professional development of engineers to meet
  future discipline requirements

Your skills and
experiences:

• Subject
  matter expertise in
  Mechanical Engineering: Structures and Finite Element class="rec-format">Analysis (particularly Static
  and Dynamic Shock and Vibration) or equivalent
  experience
• Ability to generate requirements
  and translate concepts into production-ready designs
  
• Relevant experience/knowledge of CAD and Mechanical
  Engineering Analysis,
  Modelling and Simulation tools
• Experience of
  leading large scale
  complex system
  designs
• Experience of multiple aspects of an
  engineering lifecycle and class="rec-format">expert knowledge of lifecycle
  models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile)
• Higher
  education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM
  discipline
• Achieved Chartered Engineer status
  or be working towards

Benefits

As well as a class="rec-format">competitive pension scheme, BAE
Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of
flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits,
including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping
discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual
incentive.

The Radar Systems
Engineering team:

The Mechanical
Design Lead is a
subject matter expert
in Mechanical Engineering, responsible for the conceptual
development of future shipborne integrated mast structures designed
to house multiple radars, sensors, communications systems, and ship
services.

This role is a fantastic opportunity
to enhance your skills and invest in your career journey within a
global business. You will be supported in growing your knowledge in
contemporary and class="rec-format">cutting-edge Radar techniques,
with opportunities to develop your skills and responsibilities in
technical class="rec-format">leadership.

In this role, you will be able to enjoy both flexible and
hybrid working arrangements.

Our workplace in
Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a
regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry
terminal to site.

As the world has evolved, so
has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have
flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and
location. This could include part time hours, accruing hours as
well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can
balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 class="rec-format">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 class="rec-format">applicants class="rec-format">must as a minimum achieve
Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require
higher levels of National Security Vetting where class="rec-format">applicants class="rec-format">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 27th November 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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