Principal Engineer - Product Safety

BAE Systems.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Engineer specializing in Product Safety. This role involves planning and executing safety activities, managing hazards, and leading technical teams to ensure compliance with safety standards. You will work within a collaborative environment, influencing design integrity while being part of a diverse and inclusive culture. The position offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package, including health plans and employee share schemes. If you're passionate about making a difference in a highly regulated industry, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with HazID processes and risk management.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute product safety activities and manage hazard logs.
• Lead technical teams and create safety arguments for complex products.

Skills

HazID processes

Functional Failure Analysis

hazard assessment

risk management

technical team leadership

communication skills

problem-solving skills

presentation skills

facilitation skills

Education

Degree in technology, engineering, science or IT

Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional registration

Job description

Job Title: Principal Engineer - Product Safety

Location: Scotstoun (Broad Oak, Portsmouth, Frimley and Filton are also alternatives). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £70,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

1. Planning, execution and reporting of product safety activities
2. Process facilitation and specialist process guidance for HazID, analysis and risk management
3. Defining the safety argument and articulation of the safety case
4. Management of the hazard log, information set and assurance evidence
5. Specific analysis in support of the risk assessment
6. Taking responsibility for product safety assessment against major subsystems or key complex technologies

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

1. Practitioner knowledge and hands-on experience of the HazID processes e.g. Functional Failure Analysis, hazard assessment and risk management.
2. Experience leading a technical team
3. Hands-on experience creating a safety argument for a complex product
4. Strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to liaise with stakeholders at various levels alongside presentation and facilitation skills

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.

Desirable:

1. A background within a Naval/Maritime environment or similar highly regulated industry

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 Product Safety team:

The Product Safety team is a group of 40 practitioners deployed across a wide range of programmes. You might be working in a team 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 arguments 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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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.

Closing Date: 23rd April 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.