ILS Engineer

Job Title:

ILS Engineer

Location:

Portsmouth Naval Base, Scotstoun or Filton. 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 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing :

Produce ILS deliverables to the required standard, as directed by the Engineering  Manager  / Principal Engineer / Senior Engineer, to achieve the stated requirement

Support the peer reviewing of specific ILS deliverables to ensure the delivered output achieves the stated requirement

Manage  and drive their  own  areas and activities of  analysis , monitoring their  own  progress, quality and performance, reporting as required and seeking assistance when necessary

Pro-actively  seek direction and guidance in the identification and sourcing of suitable Subject Matter Experts and design documentation, required to support the ILS activities

Adopt and apply the company and project  analysis  tools as required and directed to meet the needs of the project

Developing an understanding of the technical specification aligned to the functional area of activity

Monitor and  manage  time and cost reporting for themselves as requested

Comply with business requirements relating to (attendance, time keeping and reporting, expenses incurred, professional behaviours, security and commercial considerations)

Your skills and experiences:

Ideally knowledge of the  principles  of Def Stan 00-600/601, S1000D

A level of experience of ILS and able to demonstrate a practical knowledge and understanding of some of the following disciplines: MTA, LORA, Technical Documentation, RCM, R&S, Facility  Analysis , NATO Codification, Obsolescence  Management , PHS&T  analysis , and LSAR as well as common software applications / tools and have an understanding of Product Safety

Understand the purpose, components and processes associated with each element, including identification of dependencies and relationships with other discipline areas

Ability to construct a reasoned and rational argument for the output produced and generate staged reports that support the support solution at all stages of the product lifecycle

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 team:

This role will provide you with an exciting opportunity to work alongside suppliers worldwide in the development of the UK’s most advanced generation of global combat ships.

In addition,  the role  is further diversified by opportunities with export customer and the taking part in equipment and platform 3d scanning, equipment and compartment photographs and embedding this information along with supplementary training information into the end product.

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and a revenue of £650 million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us.

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.

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:  9th February 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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