13 engineering jobs found in Rochester

Job Title: Head of Engineering (Hardware/Mechanical) Location: Rochester Salary: £100,000+ per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus car allowance and annual bonus What you’ll be doing: Chart the Course: Provide strategic direction and inspire growth for our Hardware and Mechanical Engineering functions, ensuring alignment with our ambitious business goals Lead and Inspire: As a key member of our engineering leadership team, guide and mentor over 250 talented engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation Future-Proof Our Capabilities: Develop and implement long-term strategic improvement plans, ensuring our functions are equipped to meet future business needs Set the Standard: Define, develop, and maintain industry-leading functional processes, policies, and best practice guides, establishing BAE Systems as a leader in our field Drive Excellence in Execution: Tailor processes effectively for project application, ensuring...

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...

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...

Job Title: Systems Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £44k pa dependent on experience What you’ll be doing: Collaborative engagement in teams to understand our customers’ needs, specify, design and develop unique systems using best practice, such as Model Based Engineering Integration, analysis and test of real time systems with leading edge technology and multiple technical disciplines such as electronic, mechanical, optical and software Taking responsibility for your work, understanding deadlines, accurately reporting progress, whilst sharing knowledge, feedback and ideas Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree or equivalent qualification in a STEM subject (e.g. Systems, Electronic or Software Engineering, Physics, Mathematics) ideally 2.2 or above. Will consider 2026 graduates to start once qualified An analytical approach to understanding and solving complex problems Experience of developing theoretical electronic...

Job Title: Financial Pricing & Data Analyst Location: Rochester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 Depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Generating cost and pricing data using the ProPricer toolset/Excel and presenting this to relevant stakeholders. This includes analysis and explanation of the impact of various factors such as exchange rates, overhead rates, risk and profit on the resultant price and cash flow Data analysis and visualisation, using toolsets such as Power BI/Excel Reviewing and understanding proposal requirements to ensure both senior leadership and customer pricing expectations are met Preparing, analysing and evaluating estimates/cost data for reasonableness, accuracy, consistency and completeness Supporting and assisting the Capture Manager /Project Manager in the...

Job Title: Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on skills and experience. We are recruiting for a range of technical and team leading positions What you’ll be doing: Providing guidance to less experienced engineers, supporting team members wellbeing and career development Collaborating to uncover technical solutions and sharing recommendations Contributing to strategic project aspects and facilitating implementation of initiatives Understanding scope, size and time phasing of packages of work, how these contribute to project success Understanding the team size and skillset required, giving regular status and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager Understanding and enabling dependencies or facilities required across the team Supporting the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on-going...

Job Title: Trainee Test Technician Location: Rochester Salary: £25,665 (Increasing to £31,314 on successful completion of training) What you’ll be doing: 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...

Job Title: Hardware Team Leader Location: Rochester Salary: Circa £60,000 per annum What you’ll be doing: Managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team Work package management; cost, schedule, risk and opportunities Ensuring the engineering team is supporting the production program demand Providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes Leading cost and performance trade-offs Control Account Management (CAM) Your skills and experiences: Essential: Able to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle Proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control Experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and...

Job Title: Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: £55,000 to £65,000 per annum What you’ll be doing: Executing complex hardware design tasks in accordance with the hardware development plan, whilst meeting agreed timescales and allocated budgets Conducting hardware requirements capture, preliminary design, detailed design including a range of analysis tasks Adopting an innovative approach to design and identifying improvements to working practices Working with other disciplines within an integrated team to optimise solutions and minimise impacts from dependencies Providing technical guidance and support to the development and delivery of all aspects of digital &/or analogue electronics solutions Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members Delivering design artefacts in accordance with company and industry standards Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree/HND in electronics...

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – CNC Programming Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and knowledge What you’ll be doing: Creating modifying, and optimizing CNC programs using Edgecam for milling and/or turning operations Interpreting engineering drawings, models, and specifications, applying GD&T principles correctly Developing efficient machining strategies to improve cycle times, tool life, and overall productivity Selecting appropriate tooling, fixtures, and machining parameters Supporting machine setup and first-off inspections, resolving programming or machining issues as needed Working closely with machinists, engineers, and quality personnel to ensure parts meet specification Maintaining accurate documentation for programs, tooling, and process improvements Assisting with continuous improvement initiatives within the machine shop Your skills and experiences: Essential: Proven experience as a...

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 systems...