Undergraduate Naval Architect

BAE Systems.; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Portsmouth seeks an Undergraduate Maritime Services Naval Architect for a 12-month position. Responsibilities include ship design, stability analysis, and contributing to dry docking processes. Candidates should be pursuing a relevant engineering degree. This role offers a salary of £24,300 and hybrid work conditions.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible health benefits

Employee share plans

Qualifications

• Predicted 2.2 degree in relevant engineering field.
• Understanding of ship design and stability analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design structural changes for ships.
• Take part in inclining experiments.
• Contribute to stability analyses.
• Inspect ships and propose repair solutions.

Skills

Naval design and architecture

Stability analysis

Use of specialist software

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Naval Architecture/Ship Science/Maritime Engineering

Job description

Overview

Description
Length of Placement: 12 Months
Job Title: Undergraduate Maritime Services Naval Architect
Location: Portsmouth Naval Base (Hampshire)

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements; for this role you will be expected to attend your site 5 days per week.

Salary: £24,300

What you'll be doing

• Naval architects don't just design and build ships; we are essential to keeping them safe throughout their life as well. Our understanding of ship design allows us to make critical decisions on maintenance and repair as well as integrating into them new capabilities that give the Royal Navy the advantage.
• Designing structural changes, including using FEA.
• Taking part in inclining experiments to assess the stability of ships.
• Contributing to stability analyses using specialist software.
• Contributing to the dry docking of ships.
• Helping inspect ships to understand their state of repair and come up with repair 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.

About Warship Support

A modern, data-driven organisation based in Portsmouth Naval Base, delivering a diverse support portfolio to customers including the Royal Navy, incorporating the highest standards of safety, quality and performance. Safe and well-governed delivery methods, underpinned by our facilities, tools, people and processes, enable us to provide reliable, agile and professional support to warships at home and overseas. With people and our culture at the very heart of everything we do, it is an agile and dynamic environment providing exciting challenges every day.

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 Naval Architecture/Ship Science/Maritime Engineering.

Start date (dd Month Year) 22nd June 2026
Length of contract 12 months