Graduate Support Engineer

BAE Systems; Tamworth; Hybrid; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace firm is seeking a Graduate Air Support Engineer for a permanent role. Located in Warton/Samlesbury, you will be responsible for engineering outputs to maintain systems throughout their lifecycle. Ideal candidates will have a 2.2 degree in Aerospace Engineering or similar. The role offers a competitive salary package, including a Welcome Bonus, and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• You should have or expect to receive a 2.2 in your degree.
• Strong analytical skills in engineering outputs.
• Ability to create and publish technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Create engineering outputs to maintain equipment or systems.
• Support customer personnel with operational and maintenance needs.
• Identify maintenance optimizations through customer support data.

Skills

Reliability Analysis

Technical Documentation

Maintainability

Product Support

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related fields

Job description

Overview

Description – Job Title: Graduate Air Support Engineer

Location: Warton/Samlesbury (Lancashire). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements; however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 3-5 days per week.

Salary: £34,000 + £2,000 Welcome Bonus

What you’ll be doing

You will create engineering outputs to support maintaining equipment or systems throughout their entire life, from initial concept to eventual disposal, whilst always considering safety and environmental factors.

• Reliability Analysis - interrogate and analyse design and supplier data to influence and qualify product design and support solutions.
• Maintainability - utilise design and customer support and service data to identify maintenance optimisations to provide efficient Maintenance Policies, Schedules and Procedures.
• Technical Documentation - research engineering documentation and create, update and publish design approved technical information.
• Product Support - support customer personnel with understanding the operational and maintenance needs of their products and provide support solutions.

Benefits

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

The Air Team

We have a proud heritage in the development, manufacture, upgrade and support of world-leading combat and fast jet trainer aircraft. We operate across the globe, supporting design, production, and provision of aircraft including Typhoon, F-35 and Tempest.

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.

Qualification requirements

As a minimum requirement you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Through-life Engineering Services Specialist, Systems Engineering or STEM.

Start date (dd Month Year) 7th September 2026

Length of contract Permanent contract

Application process

When applying for this role you will be redirected to BAE systems careers site where you will be required to:

• Register an account (this is optional, you can apply as a guest)
• Provide contact information
• Upload your cv
• Complete a short diversity & inclusion questionnaire

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