Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NC Programming (Warton)

Job title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer – NC Programming

Location: Warton or Samlesbury – This role is full-time onsite

Salary: £49,400+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Working to relevant project and business standards, carrying out modifications & improvements to Hard & Soft metal NC and /or CMM programs to required quality and timeframe
• Working to relevant project and business standards create new NC and/or CMM programs for Hard & Soft metal components to required quality and timeframe
• Providing Build Line Support and rectification for tape prove activities for any new or modified programs delivered
• Integrating and collaborating across multiple manufacturing teams to ensure aligned processes, consistent standards, and seamless delivery of programming support

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in machining principles and using current CAD/CAM systems.
• Have a good understanding of design for manufacture (DFM), dimensional management (GD&T) and process planning
• Have recent experience of CATIA V5 for NC programming and / or Camio for CMM programming
• CATIA V5 modelling experience
• Have a good understanding basic design principles
• Generation of COS data experience

Desirable:

• Experience of Siemens NX, Catia V4, Valisys and other packages such as Autodesk Powermill / Powershape or equivalent would be advantageous as well as experience of simulation systems such as CGTECH Vericut (V8)

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 FalconWorks ® Operations Team:

We are looking for experienced NC and CMM Programmers with expertise in modern machining principles and current CAD/CAM systems to provide NC & CMM programming support across a range of platforms within the business. With multiple opportunities available across our FalconWorks ® Organisation, this is an exciting time to join a growing and innovative team.

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: 24th March 2026

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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