Principal Product Safety Engineer

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Job Title: Principal Product Safety Engineer
Location: Broad Oak, Frimley, New Malden, Filton, Dorchester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £70,000 depending on qualifications and experience
What you’ll be doing:
Providing support to the Function TA teams with the management of the hazards, risks and associated mitigations and contribute to the development of the hazard log and the maturity of information contained within
Responsible for product safety strategy/argument assessment against major subsystems or key complex technologies
Production of high-quality submissions including Hazard Log, safety cases and safety plans
Organising and facilitate HAZIDs and review meetings and contribute to other HAZIDs when required
Working with the Technical Authority teams and embedded Safety Engineers in collating adequate Product safety related evidence to support the safety case argument and acceptance via the Requirements and Acceptance Team
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Knowledge of safety management processes and techniques
Experience of working in more than one phase of the Engineering Lifecycle, with sufficient experience of design principles to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues
Awareness of customer standards such as: DSA-02, JSP430, DefStan 00-56, MilStn 882E, BS EN 61508
Familiar with the principle of a Safety Management System
Experienced in writing technical documentation to an elevated level
Desirable:
Experience in Product Safety within Software Systems
Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science, or IT related discipline
Applicants should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution
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 Combat Systems Team:
The Combat System is the heart of any platform, and being part of integrating these complex systems safely through design and assurance is the role of the Product Safety team. Working independently and collaboratively with a like-minded Product Safety Engineers, you will be critical is underpinning the integrity of cutting-edge technology from design concept through to disposal. As a valued stakeholder working alongside Design Technical Authorities, you will play a pivotal role challenging the norm as well of bringing new ideas to table across a varied and ever-changing portfolio of Combat System projects.
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 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 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 , any 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 Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing date: 31st July 2025 – Interviews will be held w/c 18th August 2025
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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