Job Title: Senior Energetics Materials Engineer
Location: Glascoed – Fully 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: £57,824
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, through leading and coordinating energetics engineering activities within the IDT, providing technical direction and oversight across programmers and projects.
This will be achieved developing test strategies and lead the planning, execution, and analysis of both destructive and non-destructive testing activities to validate material and product performance. You will also lead technical engagement with procurement and supply chain functions, ensuring energetic materials and associated components are sourced, assessed, and approved in accordance with safety, quality, and performance requirements.
Core duties:
- You will drive the research, development, and optimisation of new and existing energetic formulations, ensuring solutions meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- You will provide specialist technical advice and guidance to senior engineering stakeholders and project teams
- You will plan and execute small-scale energetic material mixing and characterisation activities to support research, development, and product improvement initiatives
- You will provide technical support to production-scale energetic material manufacturing, ensuring safe, consistent, and efficient processes are maintained
- You will Champion the organisation’s Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) standards by taking personal responsibility for health and safety, complying with all relevant policies, procedures, training and instructions, proactively reporting hazards and incidents, and ensuring equipment and facilities are used safely and as intended
Essential Skills:
- You will hold a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant scientific discipline, preferably Polymer Chemistry.
- You will have proven practical laboratory skills with demonstrable experience working in a research, development, or testing environment
- You will demonstrate excellent technical report writing, data analysis, and documentation skills, this will be showcased through your ability to convey complex information to a range of stakeholders
- You will have the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team while adhering to rigorous safety, quality, and regulatory processes, this will be demonstrated through effective problem-solving skills to resolve technical challenges
- You will have past experience of working with energetics
The Engineering Team:
As a Senior Energetics Materials Engineer, you will support a broad range of activities within the BAE Systems Maritime and Land Defence Solutions business. You will lead Energetics Materials activities within the Advanced Weapons and Munitions Support (AWMS) Integrated Delivery Team (IDT), including R&D, investigative work, support to production and defining specifications for materials procurement and testing.Working as part of a team of multi-disciplined engineers, the role will ensure that our products meet exacting quality and performance requirements.
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: 21st August 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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