This programme has been designed to support people who have had a career break or are trying to transfer their skills in to a new sector or one they used to work in. We know that any gap in work experience or a move away from a sector or skill set makes it very hard to return or join through standard recruitment channels.

The roles in this programme tend to run on a 12 week work placement with a view to securing a permanent role at the end of that period. Although it’s not guaranteed, 96% of our candidates who join the programme go on to secure permanent roles with their host organisation.

As a candidate working with STEM Returners you have access to free CV writing and Interview coaching and if you are successful in securing the role you’ll get access to coaching and mentoring programme to help you thrive in the role.

If you meet the criteria for this role but are unsure if you are eligible for the programme, we encourage you to make an application.

Skillset and Experience:

• Knowledge of principles and approaches underpinning design and development activities and demonstrates understanding, knowledge and experience of Systems Engineering, with systems thinking and the application of holistic approaches to complex problems
• Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering which could include knowledge of Systems Engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288, ISO 24641)
• Experience of requirements management (e.g. IBM DOORS Next) and configuration management
• Experience of multiple phases of an engineering lifecycle and appreciation of lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) and associated tools (e.g. JIRA)
• An understanding in some of the following subject areas; signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation
• A good understanding of factors that can affect the real-world performance of sensing systems and how these can impact the accuracy and timeliness of measurements in order to meet challenging design objectives and requirements
• Experience of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) e.g. UAF, NAF, TOGAF, SysML, UML
• Experience of mathematical simulation tools/languages (e.g. Mathworks MATLAB, Simulink, Perl, Python, MathCAD)

Any required qualifications:

• Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline.
• Security Clearance requirements:
• Eligibility for SC level security clearance is required – To be eligible for clearance you need to be a British National and have lived in the UK for the past 5 years with no breaks.

Outline of initial work/role to be undertaken during the 12 week placement:

• Any of: System Requirement definition, Test and/or acceptance criteria definition, analysis of performance data collected from both modelled and real world systems

Location(s):

Cowes IoW, or Great Baddow (Chelmsford)

Working hours and pattern (Site/Hybrid/Remote):

Site 5 days per week. Full or part time hours available.

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.

If you wish to speak to one of our Returner Specialists about this role in more detail, please call us on 01329 623 246 (option 1)