Degree Apprentice Design Engineering

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Job title: Degree Apprentice – Design Engineer

Location: Glascoed. Note that the Glascoed site is not readily accessible by public transport.

Salary: We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme

What you’ll be doing:

As a Design Engineer Apprentice you’ll be the one who turns ideas for products or processes into designs. Working closely within a multifunctional team you’ll generate detailed designs using 2D and 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems. You will need to select and define suitable materials, tolerances, processes and protective finishes giving consideration to the manufacture and lifecycle items.

Our military and commercial programmes require us to push our capabilities and technologies to the limit of what is achievable today. This raises many challenges for the system as it must ultimately meet both our customer’s stringent safety requirements and bring leading edge performance to give competitive advantage wherever applied.

Successful applicants will form part of a multi-disciplined Engineering development team involved in the development, design, manufacture and test of a number of new and legacy munitions products for UK and export customers.

Specific activities could include:

• Design of special purpose jigs, tools and gauges suitable for use with explosive items, including the design of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, interlock systems and intrinsically safe circuits for process control.


• Design of munitions and munition subsystems across a range of natures and calibres.


• Generating design schemes, assemblies and detail drawings from either 3D solid CAD generated models, 2D CAD generated data or manual techniques.


• Selecting and defining suitable materials, processes and protective finishes required to manufacture and assemble components.


• Identifying and applying industry standards as appropriate.


• Generating build standard definitions for products and operating configuration control techniques appropriately.


• Carrying out Engineering calculations as required to inform and support a proposed design.


• To support other functions in answering design/manufacturing enquires.


• Gaining experience in placements outside Design Engineering such as production, project engineering and maintenance.

What qualification will you get?

Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Degree Apprenticeship | ACW – Website (acwcerts.co.uk)

The degree you will study for is:

BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering – University of South Wales

BSc in Mechanical Engineering at The University of South Wales, Treforest on a day-release basis. Apprentices are required to supply their own laptop for university work.

Benefits:

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

The BAE Systems Land team:

A career at BAE Systems Land is rewarding work that truly makes a difference, and as you tackle critical projects, you’ll work alongside a supportive team driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems Land, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realise your true potential.

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 under represented 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.

Export Control / Security:

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.

5 GCSE A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) Including Maths, English & Science or Technical Subject

A minimum of 96 UCAS Tariff Points (240 points old system), through achievement of 3 A-levels at grade C or above including Maths, Science or a technical subject, or equivalent (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level)