Technical Lead – Detail Design

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Job Title: Technical Lead – Detail Design
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Up to £49,433 depending on qualifications and experience
What you’ll be doing:
Acting as a role model within the team by demonstrating strong technical ability and exemplar behaviours
Fully conversant with all Detail Design processes and Design Management Systems (LCM or process) and can advise and guide team members through application of them
Applying technical leadership and expertise to provide advice and guidance to other professionals within project/team
Working with the Team Lead using technical expertise to support prioritising team activities, ensuring schedule and cost-effective working is delivered alongside quality expectations
Effectively escalating where appropriate complex design issues and advise Detail Design Management on proposed technical resolutions
Contributing to technical governance in line with Quality Management Process
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
SME in any of the following disciplines (Electrical, Structural, Outfit, Mechanical, Piping & HVAC)
HNC/HND qualified or equivalent experience
Experience in more than one phase of LCM, with sufficient experience of total LCM to enable awareness of adjacent phases / through life engineering issues
Eng Tech status or working towards IEng or CEng status (UK)
Desirable:
Awareness of Foran
Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution. Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation. Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.
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 Detail Design team:
Lead the way in naval engineering excellence as a Technical Lead in Detail Design, shaping high-impact outputs across CAD, PDM, and ERM toolsets. Driving delivery in one of the largest disciplines within Naval Ships, you’ll guide cross-discipline collaboration, mentor teams, and steer integration across planning, PM, and operational stages. With access to global defence programmes and critical projects, this role offers unmatched scope, autonomy, and technical leadership. Empower innovation, elevate standards, and influence systems engineering at the forefront of mission-ready solutions.
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: 12 th August 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 18 th August.
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Location:
Bishopton, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom
Category:
Engineering

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