Graduate Air Through Life Support Engineer

Job title: Graduate Air Through Life Support Engineer

Location: Warton/Samlesbury (Lancashire). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 3-4 days per week.

Salary: £34,000 Per Annum + £2,000 Welcome Bonus

Who we are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space – there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role description

In this role, you will contribute to the core Through Life Support activities within the Air Engineering environment. Your work will include performing detailed engineering analyses such as FMECA, Reliability and Maintainability assessments, and obsolescence evaluations to understand and improve system behaviour over time. You will help generate essential support documentation, including technical reports, maintenance schedules, maintenance procedures, and wider Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) deliverables. Throughout the product lifecycle, you may influence design for maintainability, collaborating closely with designers, maintainers, and suppliers to ensure the final solution is safe, sustainable, and efficient to support in service.

Core duties

• You will create engineering outputs to support maintaining equipment or systems throughout their entire life, from initial concept to eventual disposal, whilst always considering safety and environmental factors.

• Reliability Analysis – interrogate and analyse design and supplier data to influence and qualify product design and support solutions.

• Maintainability – utilising design and customer support and service data to identify maintenance optimisations to provide efficient maintenance policies, schedules and procedures.

• Technical Documentation – research engineering documentation and create, update and publish design approved technical information.

• Product Support – support customer personnel with understanding the operational and maintenance needs of their products and provide support solutions.

The Air Team

We have a proud heritage in the development, manufacture, upgrade and support of world-leading combat and fast jet trainer aircraft. We operate across the globe, supporting design, production, and provision of aircraft including Typhoon, F-35 and Tempest.

Why BAE Systems

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work – this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family – support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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 must have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2:2 Bachelor’s degree or a pass at Master’s level in the following subjects: Aerospace Engineering, Through-life Engineering Services Specialist, Systems Engineering or STEM.

Start date: 6th September 2027

Length of contract: Permanent contract