Product Support Engineer - Bids and Growth

Job Description
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Boeing Defence United Kingdom (BDUK) is seeking a Product Support Engineer - Bids and Growth to play a key role in bid and proposal activities, supporting business growth and helping shape future opportunities across existing Boeing product platforms, primarily within Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing aircraft.
This role will be central to the preparation of high-quality, compliant, and compelling bid and proposal responses, working closely with capture teams, engineering, programme management, and other stakeholders to develop solutions that meet customer requirements and support Boeing's long-term growth strategy.
At Boeing, we are innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore, and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you will learn and grow while contributing to work that shapes the world.
BDUK is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company and currently employs over 1,400 people in the UK. We support a number of significant UK defence contracts, including E-7 AEW&C, P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Autonomous Systems, C4ISR Services, Chinook and Apache support, Logistics Information Services, and Training Services.
The organisation is in a strong growth phase, with many opportunities to influence and support future business development.
The BDUK Engineering function operates within a matrix structure, with specialist departments providing technical expertise across programmes. This role sits within the Product Support Engineering Department, which includes the following technical areas:

• Reliability Centred Maintenance Analysis
• Reliability and Maintainability
• Logistic Support Analysis
• Engineering Data Exploitation
• Obsolescence Management
• Technical Publications
• Product Support Engineering

Role Responsibilities
As a Product Support Engineer - Bids and Growth, your primary focus will be to support bid, proposal, and capture activities, ensuring Product Support inputs are accurate, credible, and aligned to customer and business requirements
In this role, you will:

• Lead and support Product Support input into bids and proposals, including technical responses, assumptions, support concepts, and lifecycle considerations.
• Work closely with capture, business development, engineering, commercial, and programme teams to help shape winning solutions.
• Review customer requirements and translate them into practical, supportable, and compliant Product Support offerings.
• Contribute to proposal development by identifying Product Support deliverables, risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
• Support the development of costed assumptions, through-life support concepts, and product support strategies for proposals.
• Help produce compelling bid content that clearly articulates the value of Boeing's Product Support offering.
• Support proposal reviews, coordination activities, and submission deadlines to ensure timely and high-quality outputs.

Alongside bid and proposal work, you will also:

• Assist in developing and maintaining plans, processes, and controls to ensure Product Support outputs meet technical, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Produce routine Product Support deliverables where required.
• Identify, gather, analyse, document, and communicate coherent and actionable data to support Product Support activities.
• Support internal and external briefings on Product Support engineering activities, and communicate progress within the Product Support team.
• Liaise with Engineering, R&M, Product Support, Publications, RCMA, LSA, Supply Chain, and other Product Support teams across Boeing UK and the USA to obtain and provide data and information in support of their tasks.
• Maintain strong data governance, assurance, integrity, and quality.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support internal and external audits and reviews to ensure compliance with product and data requirements.
• Work in support of the Lead Technical Support Engineer and the BDUK Support Engineering Manager as required.

You may also have opportunities to support other programmes, business development opportunities, and wider engineering excellence initiatives as part of your ongoing career development with Boeing.
In addition to your core technical responsibilities, you may also support company-wide initiatives such as quality improvement, safety culture, Diversity and Inclusion, mentoring and coaching, STEM outreach, and special projects.
Basic Qualifications (Required):

• Ability to obtain UK SC Security Clearance
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• Strong experience or understanding of bid and proposal activities
• Experience working with or supporting business development, capture, or growth teams
• Understanding of how Product Support contributes to affordability, capability, and long-term customer value

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to interpret customer requirements and develop practical, supportable solutions
• Ideally, some understanding of Support Engineering in a military environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across engineering, programme, commercial, and bid teams

The Boeing benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial, and social well-being. Here's a snapshot of what we offer:

• Competitive salary and annual incentive plans

• Continuous learning - you'll develop the approach and skills to navigate whatever comes next
• Success as defined by you - we'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
• An inclusive culture - you'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
• Excellent Adoption and Parental leave options
• 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
• Pension Plan with up to 10% employer contribution
• Company paid BUPA Medical Plan
• Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks
• Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week
• 6x annual salary life insurance
• Learning Together Programme to support your on-going personal and career development
• Access to Boeing's Well Being Programs, tool and incentives

This position requires the ability to obtain a UK security Clearance for which the UK Government requires UK residency. The successful candidate will hold, or have the ability to obtain, Security Clearance (SC).
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.
Applications for this position will be accepted until Nov. 02, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This is not an Export Control position.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.
We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world's most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.
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