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A Summer Internship at BAE Systems gives you a valuable 12 week insight into working life at one of the world’s most innovative companies. If you secure one of the 100+ placements available across our UK business, you’ll receive on-the-job training within a structured framework. We only offer placements when there’s work with real impact to be completed. It’s a great way to put theory into practice.

Opportunities available

Aerospace Engineer
Air - Samlesbury/Warton
As a Summer Intern on a 12 week placement, you will gain wide-ranging experience in the design, development, test, maintenance and support of fixed wing military and training aircraft systems. Disciplines you’ll cover include aerodynamics, electromagnetics, structures, integration, airworthiness, support engineering, mission systems, test engineering, flight systems and training systems integration.
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Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
- Air - Samlesbury/Warton
On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, you will be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Products and Services we are involved with. As a Maintenance & Continuing Airworthiness Intern you will be a key member of the Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation supporting the delivery of activities including Fleet Planning, Maintenance Planning & Tasking, Reliability & Operator Maintenance Programme, Airworthiness Records & Technical Services to enable the maximisation of operational efficiency and minimisation of costs.
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Electrical & Electronic Engineer
- Maritime Services - Portsmouth
- Naval Ships - Glasgow
- Submarines - Barrow-in-Furness
Make decisions about electronic product content, optimise hardware and software design concepts, develop sophisticated design processes and test complex products. Gaining exposure to the entire project lifecycle, you’ll play a key role in both maintaining our existing systems and developing new technologies.
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Finance Officer
Submarines - Barrow-in-Furness

Air - Samlesbury/Warton

On an Summer Internship, over 3 months, you will be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Finance Services we are involved with.

Finance underpins everything we do – so it’s vital that we find and nurture our future talent now. Whilst on the scheme you will gain experience in one or more area including: financial accounting and reporting, management accounting and project accounting along with the chance to put theory into practice, learn from colleagues who are experts in their field, and gain insights that can only come from real world experience.
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Hardware Engineer
- Electronic Systems - Rochester
On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, you will be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Products and Services we are involved with.Make decisions about electronic product content, optimise hardware and software design concepts, develop sophisticated design processes and test complex products. Gaining exposure to the entire project lifecycle, you’ll play a key role in both maintaining our existing systems and developing new technologies.

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Human Factors Engineer
Submarines - Barrow-in-Furness

On a Summer Intern placement, over 12 weeks, you will be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of Human factors and Ergonomics.

Human Factors (HF) engineers support the Human Engineering process by applying specific knowledge and analytical methods covering the full width of the HF skill set to ensure the resulting system/service is able to perform its mission, achieve its goals and be supported in its operational environment. This includes consideration of human characteristics (anthropometry, sensory capabilities, etc.) and the effects of stress, workplace design, information and control requirement definition within human machine interfaces and environmental ergonomics.
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Information Management & Technology Engineer
Air -Samlesbury/Warton

On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, you will be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Products and Services we are involved with.

The Information Management and Technology (IM&T) function exists to enhance BAE Systems competitive edge, deliver operational excellence and accelerate innovation in IM&T, our mission is to deliver a world class IM&T experience through innovative business and customer engagement. By providing the IT for almost every aspect of the business, our technology touches every corner from Engineering design tools to Manufacturing systems delivering cutting edge capability, from Finance and Procurement systems to Data Analytics.
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Manufacturing Engineer
- Electronic Systems - Rochester
- Submarines - Barrow-in-Furness
On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, an individual would be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of a manufacturing engineer role.

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Mechanical Engineer
Maritime Services - Portsmouth
Work in a holistic, multi-disciplinary role, focusing on the bigger picture and bridging the gaps between disciplines. Throughout the different stages of a product lifecycle, you'll take the lead in systems integration and testing, qualification and acceptance. As well as the technical aspects of projects, you'll also learn to consider important factors such as schedules, costs, training and environmental concerns.
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Naval Architect
- Submarines - Barrow-in-Furness
- Naval Ships - Glasgow
Gain experience of a whole boat engineering discipline, covering all aspects of design and manufacture, right through to launch, test and commissioning. As well as computer based design work, you'll also be involved in other activities such as computer simulation modelling and physical model tank testing.
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Procurement Officer
- Air - Samlesbury/Warton
On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, you will be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Procurement Services we are involved with.Working in Procurement enables you to take up a variety of roles to help ensure that to that we deliver the right products, at the right time and at the right cost to the required quality. Your role will be varied; ranging from undertaking supplier visits to a more analytical focus of developing procurement strategies.
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Software Engineer
Maritime Services - Broad Oak

Electronic Systems - Rochester

Naval Ships - New Malden

Naval Ships -Broad Oak

On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, an individual would be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Software function. Which will be create cutting edge software for our hardware and be involved in the entire lifecycle of a product, from design and development to integration. Work closely with both Electronic and Systems engineers, you'll enable the development of complex real-world systems that have to perform perfectly every time, as the consequences of failure could be catastrophic
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Systems Engineer
Maritime Services - Cowes

Maritime Services - Great Baddow

Electronic Systems - Rochester

Submarines - Barrow-in-Furness

Submarines - Weymouth
On a Summer Internship, over 12 weeks, an individual would be expected to be involved in a number of areas in order to develop a broad understanding of the Products and Services we are involved with. Work in a holistic, multi-disciplinary role, focusing on the bigger picture and bridging the gaps between disciplines. Throughout the different stages of a product lifecycle, you'll take the lead in systems integration and testing, qualification and acceptance. As well as the technical aspects of projects, you'll also learn to consider important factors such as schedules, costs, training and environmental concerns.
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Your Learning and Development

Our Summer Internships offer you the chance to hone your skills and gain valuable industry experience. You have the chance to see theory put into action, and learn from colleagues who are experts in their field.

Rewards and benefits

18000

GBP starting salary

GBP p/a pro rata

1400

GBP per month for Consulting, Engineering and Project Management roles in Cyber Security.

You can make a real impact during your internship. And you can expect real rewards package too over the 12 weeks, with 6.5 days’ holiday a potential fast track to our graduate schemes, subject to performance and availability.

What you'll need

To join our Business or Engineering Summer Internship schemes you must be on course for at least a 2:2 Bachelor's degree in a related subject. Once you begin your search you will find specific details on preferred degrees within each role type.

For summer internship roles in Cyber Security you must be on course for at least a 2:2 Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths subject and also have 128 UCAS points or equivalent, excluding General Studies. For Finance placements, you must be on course for at least a 2:1 Bachelor's degree in a related subject as well as 120 UCAS points or equivalent (excluding AS Levels and General Studies). You will also need to be available for the full 12 weeks.

How to apply

We ask all candidates to apply online using our application form to ensure our selection process is completely fair and consistent. Following your online application you will be invited to undertake a virtual assessment involving gamified assessment challenges and video questions. If you are successful you will be invited to either a virtual or face-to-face interview. Our main recruitment window runs from the beginning of September every year. Please note: where sufficient applications have been received these roles be closed therefore early application is advised. If you are successful you will commence your Summer Internship in June 2022.

Summer internships are open to all university year groups however individuals who are due to graduate prior to the commencement dates of our undergraduate programmes are not eligible to apply and should instead consider applying for one of our graduate offerings.