Technical Services Specialist

BAE Systems - Saudi Arabia; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company located in Lincoln is seeking a Technical Services Specialist to provide On-Aircraft technical support for the Typhoon platform. Responsibilities include diagnosing system faults, collaborating with engineering teams, and supporting training initiatives. Ideal candidates will have an HNC in Aerospace Engineering, experience with avionics systems, and strong fault diagnosis skills. Benefits include a competitive pension scheme, health plans, and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Ability to monitor and interpret system performance.
• Excellent system fault diagnosis skills.
• Provide sound technical advice in depth maintenance environments.
• Typhoon specific system training.
• Avionics biased experience on Typhoon platform.

Responsibilities

• Provide On-Aircraft technical support for Typhoon operations.
• Liaise with engineering communities to expedite aircraft recovery.
• Support JAS project to reduce No Fault Found issues.
• Work closely with both Industry and MOD stakeholders.
• Conduct pilot debriefs and technical investigations.

Skills

System performance monitoring

System fault diagnosis skills

Technical advice

Avionics experience

Aerospace Engineering knowledge

Education

HNC in Aerospace Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Trilogy View

ESS

Resolve

Job description

Job Title: Technical Services Specialist

Location: RAF Coningsby - Onsite - Shifts

Salary: £38,899

What you’ll be doing

• The provision of On-Aircraft technical support and knowledge as part of the JAS (Joint Avionic Service) in order to achieve the Typhoon Total Availability enterprise (TyTAN) commitments, increasing Aircraft/Asset availability and reducing LRI No Fault Found Rates (NFF)
• Daily liaison with ML1/2 engineering communities to ensure that the Technical support resource is prioritised in order to meet the deliverable timescales on current issues to expedite the recovery of aircraft to maximise the availability of Typhoon aircraft
• Identification of potential end user training opportunities/deficiencies – liaising with the relevant department (Training Cell/Typhoon Training Flight). Provide knowledge transfer via OJT (On job training) and ‘Industry Best Practice and support to In-depth System knowledge briefs as required
• Support the JAS project to reduce No Fault Found (NFFs) LRI’s(Line replaceable Item) returning to OEM(Originating equipment manufacturer) . Evaluating technical data to highlight potential root cause such as deficiencies with Approved data, training and or test equipment
• Working closely with operators, supervision, system design engineers, equipment suppliers, quality controllers and management, both Industry and MOD
• Pilot de-briefs technical investigation and the provision of effective resolution of system faults

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• The ability to monitor and interpret system performance to identify trends, investigate root cause and drive improvement
• Have excellent system fault diagnosis skills; provide interpretation of test results
• Be able to give sound technical advice to the product end user and depth maintenance environments at all levels
• Typhoon specific system course/modular typhoon course (avionic/fuel/etc)
• Experience with Avionics Biased experience (Ideally at Supervisor Level) on the Typhoon platform
• HNC (or equivalent experience) in Aerospace Engineering

Desirable

• Experience and understanding of Engineering systems such as; trilogy View, ESS, Resolve
• Knowledge of the working practices of the RAF and UK MoD

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 Technical Support Engineer Team

The Technical Support Engineering Team provides deep technical knowledge to help the military maintenance community diagnose and resolve issues across the Typhoon platform. Working collaboratively across BAE Systems and Leonardo, the team delivers advanced fault diagnostics, shares industry best practice, provides specialist data interpretation, and supports investigations to reduce No Fault Found (NFF) events.

With engineers based at RAF Coningsby and RAF Lossiemouth, the team supports RAF deployments and works closely with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. They offer good opportunities for career and personal development, along with both local and international travel as part of an integrated, high-impact engineering support enterprise.

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 December 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.