Lead Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – chat with your recruiter to explore the options available for this role.

Salary: Circa £55,000

• Deliver Engineering Assurance: Ensure the integrity of cutting-edge BAE Systems Maritime Submarines products across major Submarine Enterprise programmes.
• Plan and Prioritise: Use a risk-based approach to optimise assurance activities while adhering to the Submarines Engineering Product Assurance Framework.
• Lead Assurance Reviews: Bring your SQEP expertise to validate design decisions, technical bids, and engineering evidence.
• Ensure Safety and Compliance: Guarantee that products are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and fully integrated, with hazards demonstrated ALARP.
• Provide Independent Oversight: Offer objective judgement aligned with mandated engineering frameworks and policies during design and technical reviews.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Influence outcomes and shape product quality by working closely with engineering and wider business teams.
• Act as a Safety Advocate: Provide impartial technical support to the broader Submarine Enterprise, challenging designs from a fresh, safety-focused perspective.

• Educational Background: A degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred, but strong experience in design and/or commissioning will also be considered.
• Hands-On Experience: Proficient with event reporting systems, confidently identifying issues, investigating root causes, and driving effective resolutions.
• Design Proving Capability: Proven track record in taking projects through verification, validation, and successful commissioning.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of design reviews, audits, change management, and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Solid Mechanical Engineering Background: Practical experience across design, testing, and commissioning activities.

As a Lead Mechanical Engineer – Product Assurance, you will tackle some of the UK’s most advanced engineering challenges. You’ll shape key elements of the assurance schedule and gain hands-on insight into audits, inspections, reviews, tests, and trials. Your work will be varied and engaging, producing clear technical briefings, supporting issue investigations, and tracking progress through our Concerns and Best Practice System. Plus, you’ll be a trusted source of specialist technical advice, directly contributing to the safety and assurance of world-class Submarine technologies.

We offer a competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, and a wide 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!

At BAE Systems, you’ll make a real difference in an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought and rewards integrity and merit. We empower you to fulfil your potential and welcome individuals from all backgrounds. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can affect your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must achieve at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting.

Closing Date: 17th February 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please submit your application as soon as possible!

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