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Job Title: Senior Hardware Engineer Location: Rochester. Salary: £50,000- £57,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: • Generate hardware requirements (DOORS/Polarion), • Generate design documentation (top level architectures, concept design), • Enclosure design (Creo), • Electronic hardware design (Siemens Xpedition), • Hardware integration and commissioning, • Hardware obsolescence management, • System safety (EN61010, CE Marking), • Hardware validation (analysis, testing), • Hardware estimation and task maturity tracking Your skills and experiences: Essential: • Proven technical hardware knowledge and development skills with a good understanding of electronic systems and software, • Experience of the full hardware design life cycle, from requirements through to formal release, • Experience of test equipment design, • Educated to minimum of HNC level or equivalent 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 Test Systems Engineering team: As part of the Test Systems team at BAE Systems Rochester, you will be working on active projects developing hardware used to test and simulate various avionic systems. Test Systems provides solutions used to develop and test equipment such as Head-Up Displays, mission and flight control computers, and flight controls. 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: 25th November 2025 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-NP1 #LI-Onsite

\n Job Title: Chief Mechanical Design Engineer \n Location: Rochester \n Salary: Circa £75,000 per annum + annual bonus \n What you’ll be doing: \n\n • Providing technical guidance and governance of the design and delivery of all aspects of Mechanical Design\n, • Developing purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvement\n, • Providing valuable insight and advice on wider industry Mechanical Design technology, tools and processes\n, • Inspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of excellence\n, • Chairing and/or providing guidance to technical design reviews\n, • Mechanical Engineering background with a relevant qualification and experience\n, • Engineering development lifecycle execution experience within Mechanical Engineering domains\n, • Ability to provide technical direction and guidance at all engineering levels within the Mechanical Engineering department and Engineering as a whole\n, • Demonstrable leadership skills, in order to drive growth\n, • Ability to engage and negotiate with stakeholders, being able to deliver information at all levels, influence decision making and embed Process Improvement initiatives\n #LI-NP1 \n #LI-Onsite \n \n \n

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer Location: Rochester, Kent. Salary: Circa £40,000 dependent on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: • Driving the implementation and improvement of technology-based initiatives across the manufacturing facility by researching new and emerging technologies, carrying out feasibility studies, cost analyses, and capital expenditure proposals for new equipment, • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy smart manufacturing solutions, • Driving automation and connectivity projects to improve system-to-system communication and overall business efficiency, • Monitoring and troubleshooting integrated systems and identifying opportunities to improve production performance, • Developing and maintaining data analytics tools for process optimisation, predictive maintenance, and real-time monitoring Essential: • Qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or time served in a similar role (HNC/Degree), • The ability to analyse complex problems, identify critical issues and develop solutions, • Experience gained within a manufacturing environment would be highly advantageous, • Familiarity with 2D and 3D CAD packages 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 Manufacturing Engineering team: The Manufacturing Facilities team are a small team that is focused on delivering a next generation factory today that will continue to drive improvements in products and processes for years to come. This exciting role will give you the opportunity to push the boundaries of your knowledge and skills by looking to apply novel solutions to problems whilst working in a dynamic environment with stakeholders from around the business. 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: 17th November 2025 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-JS1 #Onsite

I am excited to partner with a leading manufacturing company who are based in Sevenoaks, Kent. Due to continued expansion, they now have an immediate requirement for an electrically biased Shift Engineer to join their team. The successful Shift Engineer will be working on a panama shift pattern and as part of a team will be responsible for all reactive and preventative electrical maintenance on site. This is an excellent opportunity for an ex-military engineer with an electrical bias join a growing business. Please note, this is working on panama shift pattern, consisting of days, nights and weekend working. Interested candidates are encouraged to make an early application. Shift Engineer Requirements: Must hold a minimum of NVQ Level 3 electrical engineering bias. Experience of working with heavy plant and machinery. Proven experience of working in a maintenance environment. PLC fault finding experience. Safety conscious with proficient of health and safety regulations. Self-motivated, innovative approach with a can-do attitude. IT Literate. Shift Engineer Benefits: Basic salary is £44,207 + £10,153 shift allowance. Panama shift pattern, mixture of days, nights and weekend working. 277 hours annual leave. Group personal pension scheme. Group life insurance. Discretionary annual bonus scheme. Employee assistance programme. NOTE: Our client encourages applications from candidates from both commercial and ex-military backgrounds; particularly those with a proven electrical engineering background. TPBN1_UKTJ