Welcome to AWE
We design and manufacture warheads and provide nuclear services to meet the needs of defence.
We design, develop, manufacture, and maintain the UK’s nuclear warheads that our submarines carry. This has been our mission for 75 years.
The UK’s nuclear deterrent only works because AWE’s people make it work. We need talented and ambitious people to join us in our work.
The UK’s nuclear deterrent only works because AWE’s people make it work
Explore opportunities for businesses across a wide range of sectors in both our ASTRAEA and infrastructure programmes.
Nowhere else in the UK handles weapons-grade fissile material. Every calculation, every weld has to be precise. There is no margin for error. No tolerance for delay.
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In partnership with the Worshipful Company of Engineers and the Engineers Trust, AWE is proud to announce India Skelt as the winner of the 2026 Defence Industry Early Careers Engineering Prize.
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AWE recently welcomed colleagues from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for a visit that highlighted the very best of our people, facilities, and professional culture.
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Colleagues from across AWE celebrated International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) today, recognising the contributions and impact of women across our engineering community.
