About BAE Systems

With approximately 105,000 employees across the globe, customers in over 100 countries and sales in 2008 exceeding £18.5 billion, BAE Systems is the second largest global defence company*.

Due to the nature of our work, many of our employees are engineers. These engineers, who come from a variety of backgrounds and vary in ages and experience, fill roles in all areas of engineering, including

• Systems engineering
• Electronics & electrical engineering
• Software engineering
• Mechanics & structures engineering
• Manufacturing engineering

*Source: Defense News Annual Ranking, 2008

We have sites all over the UK, from Portsmouth to Glasgow, Glascoed to Brough, and many more in between. The work carried out at these sites is incredibly varied and offer employment opportunities in almost any role you can imagine.

As the largest employer of engineers in the UK it’s no surprise that we’re committed to supporting and developing the skills of young people. We aim to inspire and motivate them to continue their studying of STEM subjects, in the hope that they may choose a rewarding and fulfilling career in engineering.

To achieve this we’ve developed a national education programme. In addition to this we offer an extensive work experience scheme, excellent graduate and apprenticeship opportunities, as well as supporting the 14-19 Diploma in Engineering.

We recruit around 300 apprentices yearly (largely engineers) and over 200 graduates each year to take up positions such as Engineering, IT, Finance and Commercial. Regardless of their role each BAE Systems employee is encouraged to continue learning throughout their career with us.