Senior CAD Configuration Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior CAD Configuration Engineer

Location: Cowes – onsite

Salary: Up to £55,000 dependent on skills and experience

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:

As a CAD Configuration Engineer, you will support and evolve our engineering design ecosystem in the mechanical CAD domain.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, IT, and process optimisation—driving the effective deployment, integration, and governance of tools including Teamcenter and Siemens NX.

You will play a key role in enhancing design workflows, ensuring data integrity across the domain, and enabling engineering teams to deliver high-quality, integrated products efficiently.

Core duties:

• Applying engineering design principles to develop and detail radar mechanical components, sub-assemblies, and assemblies using Siemens NX and Teamcenter
• Maintaining expertise in Siemens NX, Teamcenter, and related engineering tools, ensuring compliance with standards, best practices, and effective configuration management
• Collaborating with engineers, designers, and suppliers to support system development, including MCAD–ECAD integration and COTS component selection and validation
• Creating and managing accurate 3D models, drawings, and engineering documentation, ensuring traceability, data integrity, and high attention to detail
• Promoting safe working practices while supporting continuous improvement, standardisation, and efficient reuse of engineering designs and data

Essential skills:

• You holds a Mechanical or Electro-mechanical qualification to HNC level
• You have experience contributing towards design process improvements, automation and standardisation across MCAD environment
• You can assist in troubleshooting and resolving tooling, modelling and data integration issues
• You contribute to the development of a digitally integrated engineering environment linking NX, Teamcentre and Cadence

The BAE Systems RADAR Mechanical Design Team:

You will be working as a Senior CAD Configuration Engineer within our close-knit multi-function radar team of inter-disciplinary engineers, evolving our radar portfolio of existing and brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats.

Join us and help shape the future of Radar technology!

Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.

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.

Closing Date: 8th July 2026

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.

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