Lead Mechanical Engineer - Product Assurance

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer - Product Assurance in Barrow-in-Furness. This role involves delivering engineering assurance across submarine products, leading assurance reviews, and collaborating with teams to influence product quality. Candidates should have a degree in Mechanical Engineering or comparable experience. The position offers competitive compensation, flexible working arrangements, and relocation support.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Potential annual incentive

Qualifications

• Preferred degree in Mechanical Engineering or significant design/commissioning experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting issues and implementing effective resolutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-level engineering assurance for submarine products.
• Plan and prioritize assurance activities using risk-based methods.
• Lead and support key assurance reviews with technical expertise.
• Provide independent oversight for design and technical reviews.
• Collaborate with engineering and business teams to influence outcomes.
• Act as an impartial voice in safety assurance.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Event Reporting Systems

Problem Solving

Education

Mechanical Engineer degree

Job description

Job Title: Lead Mechanical Engineer - Product Assurance

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Circa £55,000

What you’ll be doing:

• Deliver high-level engineering assurance across cutting-edge BAE Systems Maritime Submarines products, ensuring integrity across major Submarine Enterprise programmes
• Plan and prioritise assurance activities using a risk-based approach, optimising limited resources while working to the Submarines Engineering Product Assurance Framework
• Lead and support key assurance reviews, bringing your SQEP expertise to validate design decisions, technical bids, and engineering evidence
• Ensure products are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and fully integrated, with hazards demonstrated ALARP and configurations clearly controlled
• Provide independent oversight to design and technical reviews, offering objective judgement aligned with mandated engineering frameworks and policies
• Collaborate across engineering and wider business teams, influencing outcomes, shaping product quality, and enabling safe, successful delivery
• Act as an independent voice in safety assurance, offering impartial technical support to the broader Submarine Enterprise and challenging designs from a fresh, safety-focused perspective

Your skills and experiences:

• Mechanical Engineer degree preferred, though strong experience in design and/or commissioning will be equally considered
• Hands on experience with event reporting systems, confidently identifying issues, investigating root causes, and driving effective resolutions

Benefits:

As well as a 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 Product Assurance team:

As the Lead Mechanical Engineer - Product Assurance, you will be at the centre of some of the UK’s most advanced engineering challenges. You’ll shape key elements of the assurance schedule and gain hands‑on insight into evidence from audits, inspections, reviews, tests, and trials. The work is varied and engaging – producing clear technical briefings, supporting issue investigation, and tracking progress through the Product Assurance teams Concerns and Best Practice System. You’ll also act as a trusted source of specialist technical advice, directly contributing to the safety and assurance of world‑class Submarine technologies. We offer relocation support across all Submarine 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.

Closing Date: 10th December 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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