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BAE Systems
Make the future more secure for everyone
Join BAE Systems and be part of something bigger.
Here, you’ll discover more than a job - a career with purpose, where your skills and ideas help protect those who protect us. With 110,000+ colleagues across 40+ countries, you’ll help pioneer
solutions that secure the future for all of us.
Whatever your role, you’ll collaborate with brilliant minds to deliver advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. You’ll be trusted to deliver, supported to grow while your unique contribution is celebrated. Our inclusive, high-performing culture ensures every voice is valued, respected and empowered.
In return, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your career, make an impact where it matters most – working alongside experts in a flexible, supportive environment and a thriving, secure sector. Beyond the workplace, our charitable initiatives allow you to use your expertise to make a lasting difference in society.
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Alternative working patterns
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Open to part-time employees
Open to compressed hours
Open to part time work for some roles
Approach to inclusion
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 recognise that an inclusive workplace – where all employees feel respected, valued, and able to achieve their full potential – is vitally important. Not only does it inspire creativity and collaboration, it’s good for business. We celebrate our differences and believe our diverse skills, abilities, and perspectives strengthen our culture and our overall performance. Find out more here.
Flexible working at BAE Systems
We're all doing vital work here that impacts the world. But we want to make sure you can balance life at work and life at home. As well as generous annual leave, we offer 52 weeks' maternity leave, with the option of returning to work on reduced hours for the first 13 weeks, as well as a competitive range of family leave benefits like paternity, adoption, parental and dependents leave.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. We offer different types of hybrid working arrangements depending on your role and your location. You'll be trusted and empowered to determine a working pattern that works for you, your team, and our customers.
And as a global business you'll benefit from the opportunities that brings. Many of our roles offer the chance to move to different locations in the UK and around the world. So as we evolve, you can too.
Accreditations

Menopause Friendly Employer of the Year award
2024Armed Forces Covenant (Gold)
2025Awards & Achievements
1st in Top 50 Companies in the UK who employ veterans and service leavers
2025Number 1 ranking by Engineering Professionals in the 2024 United Kingdom's Most Attractive Employers list
2024Working at BAE Systems

2 days/week at home

A little flex time – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements depending on the role you apply for – explore your options with our recruiter during the application process.
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Employee benefits
- Adoption leave
- Annual bonus
- Buy or sell annual leave
- Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
- Employee discounts
- Enhanced maternity leave – Up to 52 weeks with the option of returning to work on reduced hours for the first 13 weeks
- Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks for eligible employees
- Enhanced pension match/contribution
- Family health insurance
- Gym membership – Discounts available
- Health insurance
- In house training
- LinkedIn learning license
- Lunch and learns
- Mental health first aiders
- Neo-natal leave
- Open to compressed hours
- Open to job sharing
- Open to part time work for some roles
- Open to part-time employees
- Relocation packages
- Salary sacrifice
- Share options
- Shared parental leave
- Reservist leave – 15 days
BAE Systems's careers
NNCC Platform Engineer/DevOps
Project Manager
Lead Project Professional – Delivery
Supply Chain Lead – Sub-Tier Risk Management
Senior Project Scheduler
Training Specialist
Threat Intelligence Analyst
Vulnerability Analyst
Systems & Rig Integration Lead
Engineering Assistant
CUDA Software Engineer
Trade Assist Mechanical
Tornado Group Leader – Technical Publications
Networks Solution Architect
Work Experience
Project Manager
Principal Engineer – Software – FTEWA Agile Developer
Principal Engineer – Software – FTEWA Agile Scrum Master
Principal Engineer – Software – FTEWA Product Owner
Assistant Chief Engineer – SSNA Combat System
Senior Design Change Management Engineer
TRAM Electrical Engineering Manager
Assistant Production Leader
Assistant Production Leader
Senior Systems Engineer
Senior SHE Advisor
Production Planner
CSI-IPT Test & Commissioning External Communication Technician
Assistant Security Officer
Assistant Commercial Manager
Cyber Security Risk Analyst
Work Experience
Combat Systems Hub Discipline Lead Engineer
Project Manager PMO – Project Control
Avionics Junior Supervisor
Head of Account Management Core Information Services
Business Delivery Lead – Munitions
Training Devices Maintainer (Junior Engineer)
1RSU OTHR Training Specialist
Category Leader – Fire and Security
Assistant Accountant (Rates)
HR Data Steward (7 months FTC)
Senior Cash & Liquidity Accountant
Agile Coach
Senior Project Manager
Quality Assurance Data Analyst
Lead Project Controller
Senior Procurement Engineer – Performance Delivery US Programmes
Airline Customer Services Clerk
Procurement Operations & Systems Manager
Aviation Life Support Supervisor
Senior Cyber Security Assurance Specialist
Early Careers & Skills Development Coach (Graduates)
TDP/Aukus Project Engineering Manager
Application Support Engineer
Data Engineer
Java Developer
Senior Electrical Engineer
Workplace Sustainability Analyst
Engineering Lecturer
Senior Planning, Monitoring & Control Professional – Planning
Head of Logistics
Storeperson
Contract Specialist
Technical Support Officer
Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Specialist
Aircraft Life Support Fitter
Procurement Officer
Mechanical Engineer – Auxiliary Systems
Lead Mechanical Engineer – Auxiliary Systems
Engineering Manager – Systems Engineering (Architecture)
Engineering Project Manager
Senior Business Analyst
Mid/Senior AWS Devops Engineer
Mid/Senior React Fullstack Developer
Junior .NET Developer
Senior Java Developer
Junior Java Developer
Lead Software Engineer
FalconWorks Entity Security Lead
Senior Engineer – Systems Engineering (Architecture)
Apprenticeship – Manufacturing Electronic Engineer
FalconWorks Senior Entity Security Manager
Principal Cyber Security Engineer
Systems Engineer
Network Engineer
Network Engineer
CSI-IPT Test & Commissioning Internal Communication Technician
Procurement Specialist – Contracts
Data Architect Practitioner
National Security BD Manager 1
HR Manager – Employee Relations (Case Coaching)
Test and Commissioning Technician
IM&T Manager – Business Analysis
Lead Mechanical Engineer – Hydraulic Systems
Assistant Chief Engineer – SSNA Combat System
Specialist Systems Engineer
Team Lead – Detail Design
Linux and Windows Systems Engineer
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