BAE Systems

As an undergraduate mechanical engineer, I was tasked with designing CAD components for the overall system my team were working on, doing calculations, and writing and understanding user and contractor requirements. On a day-to-day I used Siemens NX to de...

My role consisted of primarily working with FPGAs and using VHDL.

A Manufacturing Engineer at BAE Systems Naval Ships develop manufacturing processes based on the work from design engineering. This involves planning how components and assemblies will be fabricated, welded, and integrated, while ensuring compliance with...

Expired Document Recovery- Collecting and verifying Insurance Docs and Accreditation Certificates, maintaining centralised records of these and managing returns. Sub Tier Mapping- Collecting information from our Key Suppliers on their supply chain, perfo...

I work with different teams allowing me to have varied tasks. I am primarily office based with hands-on opportunities as well as training opportunities.

My role involved working in different placements within the business utilising systems engineering principles to learn about different roles whilst completing work with other systems engineers and STRETCH assignments which are optional additional assignme...

My job role was in the Maintenance Optimisation hub of the Asset Management department. My day to day tasks involved analysing data sets and going through the companies toolsets and the clients toolsets and finding issues and then creating a system or ano...

I am currently an apprentice and I attend college once a month and I do 4 x 6 month placements. I am currently in my second placement at BAE Systems and I do administration tasks for my team in the Procurement area

I work within the Support Hub where I am responsible for ensuring the effective operation and support of complex systems on HM Warships. I am allocated Supportability Engineering Tasks to which I act accordingly to finish such tasks. Day-to-day, I will wo...

In my role as a manufacturing engineer at BAE Systems, Naval ships I was placed in four different teams; tooling design team, Janet Harvey Hall, strategic investment and electrical and combat system. Each team was a different path in manufacturing, on a d...

Weekly meetings with the wider team. Daily 15 minute catch up with line manager to ensure I'm happy with my work. Ticket work which varies from any aspect of software engineering.

Meetings where I got to engage with cross functional teams. Role involved review of technical documents and technical report writing. There were also times when I had to go on board ship vessels to identify and inspect equipment, and compared it with rele...

This is dependant on placement area. BAE gives you the opportunity to rotate through three different placements - although this is an informal setup, and something you must align yourself, by contacting other teams etc. My first role was a project supervi...

Provided support to engineering teams as well as took on a project to aid with the clearance of in service function. This involved calculations, modelling and justification of engineering challenges

Within my 12 month placement i have had 2 placements which have had quite different day to day jobs. In my first placement i engaged regularly with external suppliers and managed relationships with stakeholders. My days also involved a lot of admin and cr...

The role involves communication and collaboration with team members on a day-to-day basis. There is a responsibility for the production of technical documentation through communication and no two days are the same. Consistent learning is the key to a good...

Undertake tasks given to me by the electrical engineering team

Everyday is different as we are an engineering team so it varies on what problems come to us from the project. Providing technical solutions and assistance to problems. Carry out surveys of the ships systems to report on integrity. Produce engineering re...

Conducting risk assessments.

Mechanical Engineer, working with CAD to design enclosures for Electronics. Work involves design, technical drawings, prototyping, testing and analysis.