13 jobs found in Rochester

Job Title: Internal Quality Management System (QMS) Audit Lead Location : Rochester Salary : Circa £50,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Deliver an effective internal audit process that delivers value not just compliance Point of contact for our external EN/IA 9100 Certification: o Own the delivery of our external certification compliance o Own the timely closure of corrective actions. Manage the transition to future versions of IA 9100 and future issues of Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Articles Ensure we remain compliant to sections 4,5,6 and 9 of EN/IA 9100 Travel to other BAE Systems facilities will be required Your skills and experiences: Essential: Internal Auditing in an ISO9001 (minimum) certified business (EN9100 advantageous) Hands on experience of managing external certification audits to ISO9001 minimum (EN9100 advantageous) Desirable: Auditing to other standards...

Job Title: Engineering Project Manager Location: Rochester, Kent Salary: Up to £85,000 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Oversee and manage Engineering projects through the full lifecycle; define the execution strategy; ensuring compliant products and services delivered on time, and to budget Give technical direction. Making key technical decisions and balancing trade-offs between various factors Work closely with both our global customers and supply chain, operating as cross-functional teams to deliver project objectives , requirements and deliverables Drive continuous improvement by implementing innovative Engineering practices, solutions and technologies Serve as the primary Engineering point of contact for stakeholders into your project Guide and support team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment You’ll also have people manager responsibilities in this role. (Remove if no people...

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Generate design concepts and solutions from first principals to meet project and customer requirements, this will be supported by sketches, hand calculations and associated data packs Prepare and present engineering data packs for internal review and in a customer forum, check and approve datasets (drawings/MBD) are correct to required standards, that they reflect design intent correctly, and that they adequately define parts for manufacture and inspection Identify, define and manage work packages to derisk areas of the product design early on in the lifecycle Be competent in the validation and verification of requirements using appropriate tools (e.g. DOORS) and managing these through the engineering life cycle Work collaboratively across all engineering disciplines, liaising with technical specialists as required...

Job Title: Engineering Manager (Electronic Hardware Design) Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum + annual bonuses What you’ll be doing: Developing purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvement Providing valuable input into our Electronics Hardware engineering strategies, you’ll help us optimize cost, schedule, and quality, ensuring that best practices are integrated seamlessly Inspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of excellence Nurturing and developing your team; driving a workforce , enhancing skills and taking on new tasks; conducting Performance Development Reviews Ensuring correct implementation and use of resources, including the recruitment of experienced engineers, undergraduate placement students and graduates...

Job Title: Senior PLD/ FPGA Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Providing technical expertise in the development and delivery of PLD/FPGA development, from requirements development, concept and detailed design, coding VHDL, synthesis and through to complete verification Understanding of PLD/FPGA design constraints & impacts on other engineering disciplines Managing own tasks & the tasks of others within schedules and budgets to meet programme needs Delivering design artefacts in support of company standards Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree/HND in electronics engineering or an equivalent qualification Proven knowledge of FPGA technologies, development tools and techniques Experience of working in an FPGA development team Desirable: Experience of digital hardware design for...

Job Title: SVP Assessor Location: Rochester, Kent Salary: £35,000 + depending in skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Ensuring the quality of our products meets both our customers’ and our own expectations Documenting and reporting any workmanship failures of product Providing feedback to shop floor technicians Coordinating activities with internal stakeholders Contributing proactively to continuous improvement initiatives Your skills and experiences: Essential: Experience in an engineering or manufacturing background Scheduling and managing your own workload Competent IT skills Excellent interpersonal skills Desirable: Ideally the candidate will be certified to IPC-A-610 although this could be arranged if necessary Experience in Avionics Understanding of auditing including root cause tools and techniques Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems...

Job Title: Procurement Team Administrator Location: Rochester Salary: £30,000 plus depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Managing diaries and proactively arranging meetings and travel where priorities are constantly changing and across different time zones Arranging UK and overseas travel for all the procurement function, including flights, accommodation and rail, etc , adhering to company policy and maintaining cost effectiveness as well as processing and reconciling executive expense claims in Concur in line with company policy Helping to manage the Directors email accounts – filtering and acting on email content Managing small projects as directed by the Directors and documenting preparation (e.g. presentations, communications briefs, letters, meeting agendas, action logs). Assisting in scheduling and management and tracking of key actions from team meetings and co-ordinating packs for regular meetings, scheduling...

Job title: Senior Systems Engineer Location: Rochester We offer full and part time opportunities – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £45,000 – £60,000 dependent on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Understanding our customers’ complex needs and collaborating to develop, validate and manage requirements at multiple levels Developing complex system architectures and sub-systems using a Model Based Systems Engineering approach Integration, analysis and test of real time systems containing multiple technical disciplines such as electronic, mechanical, optical and software sub-systems Taking accountability for collaborative technical work package execution and associated outcomes Providing guidance, coaching and nurturing talent in other engineers Verifying that customer needs are satisfied Steering new and improved...

Description 16 – 20 March 2026 This is a structured week, with students taking part in team building exercises, site tours and visiting the simulator facility, before being rotated through business functions.  The week will close with presentations on what they have done and students will receive information on career opportunities with BAE Systems. Applications to close approximately 8 weeks before the programme begins. However, they may close earlier if high volumes of applications are received – we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid missing out. Qualification requirements This programme is for those 14 – 16 and in Year 10 or 11 Start date: 16 March 2026

Description Length of placement: 12 months Job Title: Undergraduate Electronic Systems Manufacturing Engineer Location: Rochester (Kent) We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 5 days per week. Salary: £24,300 What you’ll be doing:  • Supporting the production of appropriate department documentation, such as planning documents and training material. • Liaising with other technical departments (i.e technicians, machine shop, new product introduction) to resolve manufacturing challenges or for planning purposes • Day to day support of our manufacturing cells including continuous improvement of cell layouts and processes. • Understanding the importance of a Quality first mindset and some of the Quality tools we use (i.e auditing, non-conformance, concessions). • Developing ad-hoc skills around tooling design, supporting additive manufacturing (i.e 3D printing) and CAD...

Description Job title:   Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician Apprentice Location: Rochester Salary:  Starting from £18,500 with annual progression throughout the scheme duration What you’ll be doing:   •    You will spend the first 10 months at IPS International learning Electronics, Bench fitting, CAD, Soldering, Inspection and Project related tasks in order to give you the necessary skills to be successful when you return to site.  •    In year 2 you will rotate through a range of different departments including an Engineering function, Operations and several others to find out what work suits you best.  •    In Year 3 we see what opportunities become available and arrange interviews to spend your final year in a placement where you can start to specialise and build your successful career. •    Our Ofsted (Outstanding Grade 1) Advance Engineering Technician Apprenticeship scheme aims to develop candidates into Technicians...

Description Job title:  Electronics Hardware Engineering Apprentice Location: Rochester Salary:  Starting from £26,000 with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing:   •    You will be trained to be able to design, build and test high-quality electronics solutions.   •    You will learn to apply engineering principles to all stages of the electronics hardware development process from requirements through analysis and design, development, implementation, integration and verification.  •    In parallel with the academic aspects of the scheme providing a foundation of knowledge, you will be assigned to projects where through on-the-job learning, you will be gaining the specific electronics engineering competence and skills applicable to the complex display and control systems designed and manufactured by BAE Systems, Electronic Systems at Rochester. •    As you progress through the scheme your work will become more...

Description Job title: Apprentice Software Engineer Location: Rochester (Kent) Salary : Starting from £26,000 with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing: • You will be trained to be able to design, build and test high-quality software solutions. • You will learn to apply engineering principles to all stages of the software development process, from requirements, through analysis and design, development, implementation, integration and verification. • In parallel with the academic aspects of the scheme providing a foundation of knowledge, you will be assigned to projects where, you will be gaining the specific software engineering competence and skills applicable to the complex display and control systems designed and manufactured by BAE Systems, Electronic Systems at Rochester. • As you progress through the scheme, your work will become more challenging with greater responsibility, with the end goal of...