Trainee Test Technician

Job Description

Job Title: Trainee Test Technician

Location: Rochester – Onsite

Salary: £25,665 (Increasing to £31,314 on successful completion of training)

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:

As a Trainee Test Technician, this role will provide you with the opportunity to utilise your current qualifications and experience to develop into a fully-fledged Technician, and work with high technology BAE products such as Pilots Helmets, Head up Displays, Flight Control Computers, Sticks and Throttles.

Core duties:

• You will join the scheme and spend six months learning a cross section of test aspects. You’ll receive experience in test sections across four different manufacturing areas of the business; you’ll also receive tuition in running a test, use of test equipment and some fundamentals of video signals and interfaces. On successful completion you will become a Test Technician
• For most of the six months training, you will be learning on section, with colleagues to tutor/coach you. You will be testing product under supervision, gradually moving to diagnosing faults. You will learn hand skills and if adept may also be changing defective components at some stage. You will be using our electronic aids and gradually interpreting specifications
• If successful, the role of a Test Technician is to: perform acceptance tests on our products, using a variety of test equipment and has an ability to diagnose faults within complex circuits. A Test Technician may also be able to rework product and assemble/inspect

Essential Skills:

• You will have a BTEC/NVQ level 2 or 3 qualification in Electronics or equivalent electronics experience is essential
• A higher electronics qualification would be advantageous
• You will have excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail

The Technician Team:

Once trained, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary production and repair team. Taking part of in a range of automated and manual test, the team performs acceptance testing prior to delivery to the client.If the testing fails, diagnostics will be performed at component level before delivery to the client.

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: 29th 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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