Wind Tunnel LSWT Group Leader

Job Description

Job Title: Wind Tunnel Group Leader

Location: Warton– 4 days working in the office

Salary: £54,793 + Dependent upon skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead Operation and Project Supervision teams

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the wind tunnel facility, ensuring that it operates efficiently and meets the facility plan deadlines

• Provide technical guidance to Operations Engineers and Project Supervisor teams and tackle technical testing issues, related to wind tunnel operations, as required

• Act as a focal point for customer groups operating within the Low Speed Wind Tunnel

• Ensure projects are adhering to QMS guidance

• Support project management teams and the Engineering manager on monitoring and reporting on progress of engineering tasks within the Low Speed Wind Tunnel

• Support and nurture career aspirations of Engineers within your team and ensure team members are developing as expected within their role.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience running teams in an operational environment

• Experience with Aero Mechanical testing

• Understanding of Governance and Assurance in operational test environments

• People management experience

  Desirable:

• Experience in Facilities Management

• Aeronautical / Aerospace Degree

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Wind Tunnel Design Team:

The Wind Tunnel environment within Design, Development, Test and Evaluation (DDT&E) at BAE Systems is a fast-paced shared service team that delivers high-quality aerodynamic testing and development across multiple aircraft programmes. Supporting both internal and international projects, the team manages short lifecycle engineering activities that require rapid design, manufacture and testing of models under tight deadlines. Working at the intersection of diverse engineering disciplines, including aerodynamics, mechanical design, instrumentation and data analysis, the Wind Tunnel capability enables quick turnaround performance validation and risk reduction. This collaborative environment plays a vital role in informing design decisions, refining computational models and ensuring the success of BAE Systems’ advanced air platforms.

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 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: 28th July 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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