Principal Engineer - Human Factors

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems seeks a Principal Engineer in Human Factors based in Barrow-in-Furness. This role involves assessing human error risks, leading programs, and improving procedures. Join a large Human Factors team contributing to submarine design and safety, with flexible working arrangements, relocation support, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Degree in Human Factors/Psychology or relevant experience.
• Proven stakeholder management and mentoring skills.
• Experience in writing assessment reports and safety cases.

Responsibilities

• Assess human error risks and provide advice.
• Lead Human Factors programs and perform task analysis.
• Improve procedures to minimize unintended outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Writing assessment reports

Education

Degree in Human Factors/Psychology or equivalent experience

Chartered Ergonomist status with CIEHF

Job description

Job Description - Principal Engineer - Human Factors (00127228)

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Human Factors

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid). 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:

• Assessing risks of human error and providing Human Factors advice
• Performing task analysis
• Working with Process authors to improve procedures to reduce risk of unintended outcomes
• Representing Human Factors at design technical reviews
• Leading Human Factors programmes of work

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree in Human Factors/Psychology or equivalent experience
• Previous experience of stakeholder management
• Proven experience in coaching and mentor others
• Experience in writing assessment reports and safety cases
• Chartered Ergonomist status with CIEHF (or capable of achieving this)

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 Human Factors team:

As a Principal Human Factors engineer, you will be part of a team working across all 3 submarine programmes at BAE Systems. This is a very exciting time to be joining one the largest Human Factors teams in the UK. Our team provides safety-oriented support to the day-to-day business of designing, building and operating submarines and to the maintenance of our nuclear site licence. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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.

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.