Graduate Human Factors Engineer

Job Description

Description

Job Title: Graduate Submarines Human Factors Engineer

Location: Barrow (Cumbria). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 5 days per week.

Salary: £34,000 Per Annum + £2,000 Welcome Bonus

Who we are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space – there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role Description

You’ll work together with submariners, operators, and engineers to understand the challenges they face when designing and building submarines. You will be assessing workload and situation awareness to optimise operator performance, alongside planning and conducting user trials to assess developing design and optimise user interaction. You will also be involved with developing and understanding Human Computer Interaction, assessing Human Machine Interfaces. Using measurements of the human body when assessing spatial layout design, including working with 3D CAD tools, immersive VR, and constructing full scale mock-ups and providing human reliability analysis and human factors support to site safety cases.

Core Duties

• Apply an understanding of cognitive and physical characteristics, task breakdown, workload, and situation awareness to ensure user performance and safety are not compromised.
• Conduct, analyse, and interpret trials and assessments to provide data‑based conclusions that inform and influence design decisions.
• Work with suppliers, cross‑functional teams, and stakeholders to develop solutions, review technical information, and confirm designs meet required outcomes.
• Analyse and evaluate machine and computer interface design options to ensure they are intuitive, task‑focused, and safe in line with user needs.
• Review environmental and contextual factors to understand how task conditions impact human performance.

The Submarine Team

Be a part of designing, building, testing, and commissioning the Astute and Dreadnought Class, the largest and most advanced submarines operated by the Royal Navy, providing a powerful and secure deterrent for the United Kingdom.

Why BAE Systems

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work – this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family – support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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.

Qualification requirements

You must have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a minimum 2:2 bachelor’s degree or a pass at master’s level in the following subject: Human Factors

Start date: 25th January 2027 Length of contract: Permanent contract