Product Development Engineer

BAE Systems (New); Glascoed; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in Wales is seeking a Product Development Engineer to support product design and systems engineering activities. The role involves managing trials, ensuring safety throughout the development process, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Candidates should have a strong engineering background, with relevant academic qualifications and skills in product design analysis. A competitive salary and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Record of supporting engineering teams and projects.
• Desirable experience in product design analysis techniques.
• Knowledge of warhead design and manufacture.

Responsibilities

• Support product design and systems engineering activities.
• Conduct and manage trials safely from planning to execution.
• Maintain Engineering Bills of Materials for products.

Skills

Engineering skills

Technical analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Academic qualification in Engineering or related STEM subjects

Tools

Systems Engineering tools

MBSE

Pugh Matrices

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Product Development Engineer

Location: Glascoed. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £43,649 Dependent on skills & experience

Responsibilities

• Supporting the product design and systems engineering activities for new and legacy products, including product design and evaluation using systems engineering tools (e.g. MBSE, Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)).
• Development with energetic materials and munitions to support product design and development activity
• Conducting and managing product and process design, development, test, manufacture and evaluation activities, ensuring safety remains the highest priority in the working practices of yourself and the team
• Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner, from planning through to trials execution and reporting conclusions
• Application of effective Engineering Governance throughout the product development lifecycle supporting design reviews from concept to disposal
• Configuration and maintenance of Engineering Bills of Materials for products
• Support the generation of costed proposals for external customers
• Cross functional stakeholder management and collaborative working to support project and proposal delivery

Your skills and experiences

Essential:

• Record of supporting engineering teams and projects
• Considerable Engineering skills: particularly the ability to identify issues, conduct technical analysis of causes and identify solutions
• Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications
• It is desirable for engineers to become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution. Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve relevant accreditation

Desirable:

• Experience of product design analysis techniques (Pugh, DFMEA, FTA)
• Knowledge of warhead design and manufacture
• Experience and knowledge of manufacturing in a high hazard environment
• A working knowledge of Systems Engineering, MBSE and Engineering design
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels

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 Warhead Development Team

You will be integrated within the Warhead Development team to ensure project delivery. Working alongside the Portfolio Manager and reporting to the Senior Product Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring that programme derivation and execution includes appropriate engineering development activity to achieve a robust solution. The activities will be planned with robust estimates for completion with sound risk mitigation built in. The position will be primarily based at the BAE Systems Land UK site in Glascoed, Monmouthshire on a four-day working pattern within a hybrid-working environment with occasional travel to other customer, manufacturing and test and evaluation sites will be necessary.

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

22nd October 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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