Location – Bristol Filton Office

Expected number of days on site: Three. We offer a range of Hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Clearance required: Candidates must be willing to obtain a security clearance with SC and DV being essential.

What You’ll Be Doing

This role will involve taking ownership of small software applications and stakeholder relationships. Due to the sensitivity of the work, limited context can be provided. However this role will offer variety of engaging activities, including; software development across multiple Android applications, requirements elicitation, design tasks, engagement with user representatives for target systems, and collaboration with system integrators across multiple platforms. This role would be ideal for a mid-level Android Engineer with strong interpersonal skills.

Essential Skills

• Experience working directly with customers and end users
• Professional experience writing applications in Java or Kotlin
• A good understanding of Modern Object Orientated Programming Concepts
• Able to obtain security clearance

Nice to haves

Experience eliciting user requirements

Experience working with System Integration teams

Professional experience writing Android applications

Experience developing Android applications with Modern App Architecture

Experience developing Android application with Jetpack Compose

The Team

For this role you will work within a large project (approx. 50 people). Across there project there is large range of skill sets including Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers and Product Owners. This projects includes a number of smaller agile development teams (approx. 4-8 people). This role will also involve the individual working closely with external engineering teams.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offer employee share plan, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including a green care scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

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 which values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals

We also 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 such as your nationality, any nationalities which you previously may have held and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are able 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.