Description

Job Title\: Corrosion Engineer - Materials Technology

Location\: Barrow-in-Furness- onsite

Salary\: £37,091+ dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide material selection and compatibility advice on submarine programmes by enacting the Corrosion Management Strategy
• Maintain design documentation and de-risk functional aspects with mitigation strategies
• Develop knowledge of corrosion performance and future mitigation strategies
• Understand submarine build/operational/maintenance needs to aid material selection
• Perform failure analysis and experimental research on galvanic interactions and corrosion behaviour of metallic materials and high performance alloys
• Support corrosion research via lab testing and university projects

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree at minimum of bachelors in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Chemistry or Engineering
• Hands-on laboratory experience with practical testing and analysis
• Proven experience in corrosion-related projects, including materials selection and corrosion assessment

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 Corrosion and Coatings team:

Our Corrosion and Materials Technology team provides expert support across the entire platform lifecycle from material selection and consultation with system owners to pioneering Research & Technology (R&T) projects. Working on programmes such as Dreadnought and SSNA, the team supports the Corrosion and Coatings Consultant in testing and evaluating materials and tooling used in submarine construction. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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\: 17th November 2025

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.

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