Principal Engineer – Product Safety

JR United Kingdom; Johnstone; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Engineer – Product Safety in Johnstone. The role involves managing product safety assessments, leading technical teams, and ensuring compliance within a highly regulated environment. The position offers hybrid working and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Hands on experience of HazID processes and risk management.
• Experience leading a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Planning and execution of product safety activities.
• Management of hazard log and assurance evidence.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in technology, engineering, science or IT

Job description

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Client:

BAE Systems

Location:

johnstone, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

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Posted:

12.05.2025

Expiry Date:

26.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Product Safety

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

Salary: Up to £70,000 commensurate with skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

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

Your Skills and Experiences

• Practitioner knowledge and hands on experience of the HazID processes e.g. Functional Failure Analysis, hazard assessment and risk management.
• Experience leading a technical team
• Hands on experience creating a safety argument for a complex product
• 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
• A background within a Naval/Maritime environment or similar highly regulated industry

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee 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 reasonably 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, 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.

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: 22nd May 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.