Naval Ships – Principal Engineer – Product Safety

BAE Systems; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A global defense and aerospace company seeks a Principal Product Safety Engineer to manage hazards and risks within complex technologies. You will support the Technical Authority and lead safety activities, verifying submissions and facilitating HAZIDs. Essential skills include product safety management and familiarity with Life Cycle Management. The position offers competitive salary, hybrid work options, and a vibrant workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Knowledge of product safety management processes and techniques.
• Experience of working in various phases of the Life Cycle Management (LCM) framework.
• Awareness of customer safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Support Technical Authority teams in managing hazards and risks.
• Conduct product safety assessments against major subsystems.
• Verify quality of Hazard Log submissions.
• Organise and facilitate HAZIDs and review meetings.
• Lead product safety activities for allocated equipment area.

Skills

Knowledge of product safety management processes

Experience in multiple phases of Life Cycle Management

Awareness of customer safety standards

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Principal Product Safety Engineer

Salary: Up to £68,500 dependent on skills and experience

Location: Scotstoun or Filton, – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

What you’ll be doing

• Provide support to the Technical Authority 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 assessment against major subsystems or key complex technologies
• Verify the quality of submissions to the Hazard Log
• Organise and facilitate HAZIDs and review meetings and contribute to other HAZIDs when required.
• Take the lead on all product safety activities associated with the equipment area allocated to them, potentially delegating, managing and reviewing the work of more junior engineers carrying out aspects of the scope.

Your skills and experiences

Essential:

• Knowledge of product safety management processes and techniques
• Experience of working in more than one phase of the Life Cycle Management (LCM) framework, with sufficient experience of the total LCM to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues.
• Awareness of customer (Ship/ System Safety) standards such as:-
• DSA-02
• JSP430
• Def. Stan 00-56
• Mil Std 882E
• BS EN 61508

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.

Product Safety Team

The River Class Destroyer project is part of an ‘unprecedented fleet renewal’ by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). As part of this project, you will be joining a small team of 11 Product Safety practitioners located across two sites. You may be working with others on a large complex programme or individually for one or many smaller programmes.

Accountability for the safety of the design solution rests with the Technical Authority. Your role is to support the Technical Authority in their decision making, create a plan of activities that will ensure that by working within the Product safety management framework, risks have been identified systematically and managed so far as is reasonable practicable. You will become exposed to a wide range of technical disciplines, be able to follow technical argument and be able to influence the integrity of the final product.

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: 4th February 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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