Fuze Engineer

Job Title: Fuze Engineer

Location: Glascoed, Hybrid, Minimum 3 days onsite

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

Salary: £43,649

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.

Core Duties

We are looking for an engineer to support product design and systems engineering activities for new and legacy products, including requirements management and the preparation of engineering deliverables and technical reports. The role involves product design evaluation and down selection using tools such as Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), as well as supporting the manufacture, test and evaluation of munitions products. You will conduct and manage trials safely from planning to data presentation, develop and use safe systems of work, manage internal and external stakeholders, liaise with customers, and work as part of an integrated project team.

Essential Skills

• Degree qualification or equivalent in an engineering discipline
• Experience of mechanical systems design and integration
• Proven ability to produce high quality engineering deliverables and technical reports to time and cost
• Experience of requirements management across engineering projects
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and models

Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and considerable IT skills

Fuze & Guidance Team

Join a multi disciplined engineering team supporting the design, development, manufacture, and verification of new and legacy munitions. BAE Systems Land UK seeks a Fuze Engineer to support mechanical or electronic fuze products at our Glascoed site in South Wales.

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: 3rd 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.