Principal Product Safety Engineer

BAE Systems; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defense sector is seeking a Principal Product Safety Engineer in Coventry. This role involves leading safety requirements, influencing safe design, and supporting hazard identification. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities for career development within a growing team.

Benefits

Competitive Pension Scheme

Enhanced Annual Leave

Company Contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible Working

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Employee Discounts

Annual Incentive

Qualifications

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes.
• Experience in a defence or complex systems environment.

Responsibilities

• Leading the derivation of Product Safety requirements.
• Completing peer reviews and assurance tasks.

Skills

Engineering Safety Management

Safety Engineering Principles

Systems Engineering

Hazard Analysis

Tools

DOORS

Enterprise Architect

JIRA

Job description

Job Title: Principal Product Safety Engineer

Location: Coventry – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the derivation and manage Product Safety requirements derived from Product Safety hazard and risk identification
• Working in accordance with Project Safety Management Plans
• Influencing the development of a safe design, the Project Safety Case including logical technical safety arguments and Safety Case justification reports
• Supporting hazard identification meetings and the maintenance of the project hazard log
• Completing peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Safety Case and supporting documentation

Your skills and experiences:

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes, such as hazard analysis, logical safety arguments and safety case report
• Reasonable understanding of safety within systems engineering – including establishment of good engineering requirements and how they will be delivered through engineering processes
• Understanding of Safety Engineering principles and application of processes
• Systems engineering Tools and techniques – (e.g. DOORS, Enterprise Architect)
• Worked in a defence or other complex systems environment involving software products
• Familiarity with JIRA

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 SSNA Combat System team:

To support our ongoing need to recruit the best engineering talent, BAE Systems Submarines is delighted to shortly be opening a brand-new office in Coventry. BAE Systems Submarines is experiencing a period of significant growth, and we are now actively recruiting a variety of roles and specialisms to support our ongoing submarines programs which is critical to delivering our national endeavour.

As a Principal Engineer you will provide support to the Engineering Delivery Manager in the development, delivery and maintenance of the Project Product Safety Management System and Product Safety Case to ensure Products are safe to own and legal to operate.

You will join a growing team of about 50 engineers and will work collaboratively since the early stage of a major development programme. This will provide you with the opportunity to influence the progress of different projects within the SSNA Combat System programme and to develop your career within BAE Systems. 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, 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: 15th 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.

About the company

76667 BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company.