Training Technical Authority

Job Title:

Training Technical Authority

Location:

Portsmouth & Filton – 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 £60,000 dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing :

Accountable for the design, quality, and safety of a defined portfolio of Defence training solutions, incorporating all materials, methods, and media

Act as the technical  lead  for teams of training and media designers, working closely with the  Analysis  and Design Portfolio Engineering and Project Managers

Support the wider training team in proposal development, bid activities, acceptance, integration, and design certification of training solutions

Represent BAE Systems at customer-facing reviews of training solution artefacts throughout their development lifecycle

Provide technical support to the  Analysis  & Design Portfolio System Design  Authority on  all matters relating to training

Your skills and experiences:

Working knowledge of the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) and its practicable application

Proficient communicator in both oral and writing forms

Degree qualified in an appropriate discipline, or an equivalent level of competence and record of experience

Chartership or the ability to obtain chartered status

Life Cycle  Management  requirements and processes and experience in their successful application &

Experience of operating within a regulated Safety and Quality  Management  System

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    Analysis    & Design Team:

The  Analysis  and Design Team consists of 60+ training professionals who are responsible for the  analysis , design, development, and delivery of the multiple training solutions necessary to equip military personnel with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to successfully command, operate and maintain their equipment’s. Examples of the equipment’s for which we are currently undertaking  analysis  and design activities for a range of major Royal Navy & International Platforms.

As a Technical Authority you will provide the technical  leadership  over a small portfolio of training solutions, each with their  own  team of media and training designers, throughout their development lifecycle. This includes developing costed proposal, setting out the design vision for each, overseeing the development of each solution with a critical eye on safety and quality, presiding over customer facing working groups to progressively assure the training solution and ultimately supporting integration and acceptance of them.

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  27th January 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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