Senior Engineer -Nuclear Assurance

Job Title: Senior Engineer -Nuclear Assurance

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. Hybrid -2 days every 2 weeks OR 1 week per month on site

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive

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:

In this role, you will provide resourceful assurance that designs and builds are mature, compliant, safe, and ready for subsequent Engineering activities. You will identify technical risks, confirm mitigations, and assess the suitability of engineering plans and processes. As part of PNED’s multi‑disciplinary nuclear engineering team, you will focus on Authorisation Condition compliance while having opportunities to develop skills across the Naval Reactor Plant lifecycle.

Core duties:

Conduct compliance and verification activities for Authorisation Conditions 20 and 27

Maintain the Compliance Matrix Workbooks and Compliance Verification Plan, updating the Compliance Dashboard

Support regulatory interactions and coordinate internal and external inspections with NSR&I Advisors

Work collaboratively with Quality Assurance, Engineering, and Test & Commissioning teams to deliver compliance activities

Monitor adherence to compliance arrangements and ensure effective oversight across assigned areas

Essential Skills:

Understanding of Nuclear Regulation or Nuclear Compliance

Previous experience working in heavily regulated industries i.e. Oil/Gas

Experience within Quality Assurance, Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering or Product Assurance

The Platform Nuclear Engineering Department (PNED) team:

The PNED Department delivers multidisciplinary nuclear engineering capability across reactor plant programmes. While this role focuses on Authorisation Condition compliance, you will have opportunities to develop nuclear engineering skills and support activities across the Engineering Lifecycle, including design reviews, build, testing, commissioning, and resolving emergent issues. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 8th 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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