EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

Job title: Test Equipment Support Engineer
Location: Portsmouth – Broad Oak. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to £45,000 commensurate on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Diagnosing a wide range of complex Special to Type Test Equipment to component level where applicable with limited technical support
• Influence and deliver design obsolescence tasks, implementing new electrical hardware at Broad Oak and customer locations where required
• Lead and perform a range of development activities including producing design schemes, circuit diagrams, wiring schedules, design documentation, specification and other test process tasks
• Compiles and approves Engineering Designs, Changes, Tasks and Concession actions
• Responsibility and ownership of a selection of in-service support and test equipment
• Involved in the Design and Safety of the Spearfish and Sting Ray Torpedo Test Equipment, ensuring that work is undertaken in conformance with Company, Project, National and International Standards and Procedures
• Work unsupervised and work with other Business functions
• Compiles and publishes Project Engineering documentation
• Acts as the Company Technical Representative at off-site investigations/trials

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced Technician / Engineer – HNC/HND Electrical/Electronic Engineering is essential
• Proven experience of installation, commissioning, fault-finding and enhanced performance a wide range of common and complex problems
• An understanding of how their own activity integrates within the wider teams plus an understanding of the work of a design team
• Responsibility for self-development, and mentoring and development of others

Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The ISS In Service Support Team:
Maintain and calibrate special to type support equipment to support production test departments. Manage and schedule the proprietary test equipment through the external calibration supplier.
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 underrepresented 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 that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Closing Date: 4th September 2025
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.

• Diagnosing a wide range of complex Special to Type Test Equipment to component level where applicable with limited technical support
• Influence and deliver design obsolescence tasks, implementing new electrical hardware at Broad Oak and customer locations where required
• Lead and perform a range of development activities including producing design schemes, circuit diagrams, wiring schedules, design documentation, specification and other test process tasks
• Compiles and approves Engineering Designs, Changes, Tasks and Concession actions
• Responsibility and ownership of a selection of in-service support and test equipment
• Involved in the Design and Safety of the Spearfish and Sting Ray Torpedo Test Equipment, ensuring that work is undertaken in conformance with Company, Project, National and International Standards and Procedures
• Work unsupervised and work with other Business functions
• Compiles and publishes Project Engineering documentation
• Acts as the Company Technical Representative at off-site investigations/trial