Product Development Engineer

BAE Systems; Wales; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology firm in Glascoed is hiring a Product Development Engineer. This role entails assisting in product design, maintaining engineering Bills of Materials (BOM), and managing supplier activities. Candidates should possess a degree in mechanical engineering and relevant experience. The position offers a competitive salary, various employee benefits and opportunities for career progression within the defense sector.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree/HND/HNC in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Demonstrable mechanical engineering experience required.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and models.

Responsibilities

• Assist in product design and system engineering activities.
• Configure and maintain Bills of Materials (BOM).
• Manage suppliers to ensure development activities are completed on time.

Skills

Mechanical engineering experience

Ability to read engineering drawings

Capability of producing technical reports

Education

Degree/HND/HNC in mechanical engineering

Job description

Job Title: Product Development Engineer

Location: Glascoed

Salary: £43,649 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

• Assisting product design and system engineering activities for new and legacy products
• The configuration and maintenance of engineering Bills of Materials (BOM) for products
• Facilitating product design and evaluation/down selection e.g. Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
• Process design, definition and critical evaluation e.g. Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Process Control Plans (PCP)
• The management of suppliers, both internal and external, to ensure that development activities are completed to time and schedule
• Lifecycle management (contributing towards design reviews) from concept to disposal
• Contribution to the Risk Management process
• Working as part of an integrated project team, including regular engagement with project management, procurement (supply chain) and operations

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree/HND/HNC or equivalent qualification or experience within mechanical engineering
• Demonstrable mechanical engineering experience
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and models
• Capability/experience of producing high-quality technical reports

Desirable:

• A working knowledge of systems engineering and engineering design
• Working knowledge of risk management
• Knowledge of munitions design and manufacture
• Familiarity with the Life Cycle Management (LCM) process

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 Medium Calibre Team:

As a Product Development Engineer, you will have responsibility for the coordination of activities undertaken by specialist engineers as well as carrying out the project-specific activities defined by project plans/tasks to develop defence products.

This role will provide you with the unique opportunity to work with the design of defence products, as well as the chance to witness the product trials. You will have a really broad scope of work with good variation of day‑to‑day activities and involvement across the whole product lifecycle. There are a number of different routes available for future career progression, where the provision of training can be tailored towards your individual aspirations.

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

5th January 2026