Manufacturing Engineer FCAS Collaborative Environment
// Role Summary
Join BAE Systems as a Manufacturing Engineer supporting the FCAS Collaborative Environment, driving the development and deployment of digital manufacturing toolsets crucial for the GCAP program. This role involves collaborating across multiple teams to enhance digital manufacturing capabilities and ensure tool adoption.
// Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy digital manufacturing engineering toolsets for GCAP program delivery.
- Align digital manufacturing capabilities with program requirements and enterprise architecture.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Enterprise IT and Air Digital Manufacturing.
- Support tool adoption through stakeholder engagement and technical delivery.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of digital manufacturing tools and processes.
- Requires good knowledge of Manufacturing Engineering processes and experience with relevant toolsets.
// Role Specification
Join BAE Systems and be part of a team dedicated to delivering advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace, and security solutions. This role supports the development and deployment of Digital Manufacturing Engineering toolsets that enable GCAP programme delivery.
Working across Manufacturing Engineering, Enterprise IT, Edgewing, and Air Digital Manufacturing teams, you will help develop digital manufacturing capabilities aligned to programme requirements and enterprise architecture. You will contribute to the configuration, integration, and deployment of digital manufacturing solutions across manufacturing engineering environments, while supporting tool adoption through effective stakeholder engagement and technical delivery.
The role plays a key part in driving continuous improvement, ensuring digital manufacturing tools and processes effectively support current and future manufacturing engineering needs.
Core Duties:
- Support the development and delivery of the Digital Manufacturing Engineering (ME) toolset strategy to enable GCAP programme delivery.
- Work with delivery teams and stakeholders to develop digital manufacturing capabilities aligned to programme needs and enterprise digital architecture.
- Collaborate with Enterprise IT, Edgewing, Air Digital Manufacturing Programme teams, and Manufacturing Engineering stakeholders to support alignment of toolset plans and deployment activities.
- Contribute to the development, configuration, and deployment of integrated digital manufacturing solutions across manufacturing engineering environments.
- Support the adoption and continuous improvement of digital manufacturing tools through effective stakeholder engagement, communication, and technical delivery.
Essential Skills:
- Good knowledge of Manufacturing Engineering processes and digital manufacturing environments.
- Experience with Manufacturing Engineering toolsets such as process planning, CAM, digital factory simulation, PFMEA, DFM/DFMA, and tooling design.
- Ability to interpret operational requirements and support the development of digital solutions and system requirements.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills across engineering, IT, and programme teams.
- Experience working within complex engineering or manufacturing environments.
- Ability to support technical problem-solving, implementation activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The FCAS Manufacturing Engineering Collaborative Environment team, based at Warton, supports the development and delivery of digital manufacturing capabilities that enable GCAP programme delivery. The team helps align digital toolsets, processes, and deployment activities with programme requirements and enterprise architecture.