Test Equipment Engineer – Hardware

Job Description

Job Title: Test Equipment Engineer – Hardware

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending 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.

Job Description:

You will act as a Test Equipment Engineer, delivering comprehensive engineering support for the Spearfish test equipment used within the UK. With this role you will report into the Spearfish test equipment team leader. Daily activities to include maintaining high levels of equipment availability. Also improving and designing new test equipment while working collaboratively as part of the Spearfish Test Equipment Team and contributing to the wider Spearfish In-Service Support Group.

Core Duties:

• Diagnosing a wide range of complex Special to Type Test Equipment to component level where applicable with limited technical support
• Influence and deliver design obsolescence tasks, implementing new electrical hardware at Broad Oak and customer locations where required
• Lead and perform a range of development activities including producing design schemes, circuit diagrams, wiring schedules, design documentation, specification and other test process tasks
• Compile and approve Engineering Designs, Changes, Tasks and Concession actions
• Responsibility and ownership of a selection of in-service support and test equipment
• Be involved in the Design and Safety of the Spearfish Torpedo Test Equipment, ensuring that work is undertaken in conformance with Company, Project, National and International Standards and procedures

Essential Skills:

• You’ll be qualified in a relevant Engineering or closely related discipline to HNC/HND/Degree level
• You’ll have a test equipment/hardware design or calibration and maintenance background
• You’ll have experience within repair and investigation of test equipment
• You’ll have an understanding and creation of drawings and circuit diagrams

The Spearfish Test Equipment Team:

You will work alongside an experienced team of 10 hardware and software engineers. Who report into will report to the Spearfish Test Equipment Team Leader who reports into the TRAM Engineering Manager.

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: 9th April 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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