Mass Properties Engineer

Job Title: Mass Properties Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Bristol, Portsmouth, Frimley – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Referral Scheme Bonus: £2000

Grade: S4

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Drive the future of submarine design by gathering and analysing mass property data across complex equipment and systems – ensuring precision weight and balance control on multi-billion-pound defence programmes

Partner with the Mass Properties Lead to deliver high-impact weight and centroid reports, showcasing your insights directly to the Chief Naval Architect

Collaborate with brilliant engineers across mechanical, electrical and systems disciplines to accurately estimate mass, centroid, and design maturity for cutting-edge technologies

Own and maintain a comprehensive database of mass properties – the backbone of our design accuracy and performance decisions

Lead the charge on weight-saving-innovation, identifying and managing weight risks and opportunities to unlock performance gains across every discipline

Dive into CAD models to extract and estimate mass properties, quantifying uncertainty and driving data-driven decisions that the shape the future fleet

Apply advanced statistical analysis to build a complete “whole-boat” picture of weight risk and opportunity – informing senior leaders, key stakeholders, and customers with powerful insights

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Qualified in STEM subject or extensive experience

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

IT literate in Microsoft packages, experienced knowledge in Excel

Ability to understand and interpret engineering data

Desirable:

Experience working with large, Electrical or Mechanical systems

Data analysis experience including interpretation, visualisation, manipulation and presentation

Experience of using CAD packages and programmes

CEng/IEng status or a clear pathway to achieving professional recognition

Benefits:

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

The Weight Engineering team:

Join our Weight Engineering Team – a cutting-edge group of engineers and data scientists at the heart of some of the UK’s most advanced, multi-billion-pound submarine programmes. This specialist team plays a mission-critical role in shaping the design, balance, and safety of the entire vessel – ensuring our submarines perform flawlessly beneath the ocean. If you are driven by precision, collaboration, and the thrill of solving complex engineering challenges, this is you opportunity to make a real impact on projects of national importance. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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: 4th December 2025