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BAE Systems • Cowes, United Kingdom

Test Engineer

Salary:  £0 – £40,000 per annum

Job Description

Job title: Test Engineer

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight

Salary: Up to £40,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Test a wide range of medium complexity manufactured products
  • Diagnosing a wide range of medium complexity manufactured products with limited technical support
  • Testing in accordance with defined Test Schedule/Instructions
  • Using a wide range of complex test equipment
  • Using business systems to record product history/compliance
  • Working with minimal supervision

Your skills and experiences:

  • Have an understanding of a range of technical disciplines such as analogue, digital, radio frequency and micro-processing etc
  • To make judgements based on own knowledge and experience of similar situations
  • To be able to use technical knowledge to undertake complex fault investigations
  • Have a technical related qualification to HNC level or equivalent experience

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Test Engineer team:

You will be joining a growing team, with career progression opportunities, whose main purpose is to verify technical performance of a wide range of products by carrying out detailed test procedures by diagnosing products using experience/technical education and a range of test equipment as required.

Why BAE Systems?

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for 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: 10th June 2025

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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Company benefits

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
Adoption leave
Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Open to part time work for some roles
Gym membership – Discounts available
Buy or sell annual leave
Share options
Salary sacrifice
Employee discounts
Lunch and learns
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Mental health first aiders
Health insurance
Family health insurance
Annual bonus
Shared parental leave
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Relocation packages
Neo-natal leave
LinkedIn learning license
In house training

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