Principal Product Safety Engineer

BAE Systems; Grange-Over-Sands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and aerospace seeks a Principal Product Safety Engineer to manage safety case development for submarines. This role involves complex analysis, team leadership, and stakeholder collaboration to ensure compliance with safety standards, providing a chance to impact submarine systems and enhance safety management processes.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Essential: STEM Degree or relevant experience.
• Experience in leading a small team and delivering functional Safety Cases.
• Experience in complex safety analysis and justification.

Responsibilities

• Leading a small team to develop a functional Safety Case.
• Managing production of Safety Cases and undertaking complex safety analysis.
• Liaising with stakeholders to ensure proper safety considerations.

Skills

Leading a small team

Complex safety analysis

Delivering functional Safety Cases

Education

STEM Degree or relevant experience

Job description

Job Title: Principal Product Safety Engineer

Location: Frimley, Filton, Broadoak, Brough, Manchester, Weymouth, or Barrow-In-Furness - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for leading a small team developing a functional Safety Case
• Managing the production of a functional Safety Case to a defined schedule, reporting to a Safety Engineering Manager
• Undertaking complex safety analysis using techniques such as Fault Tree analysis and Event Tree Analysis
• Producing written function safety justifications
• Liaising with a wide range of stakeholders both external and internal to the business, typically System Engineers, Human Factors Subject Matter Experts (SME) etc

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• STEM Degree or relevant experience

Experience in:

• Leading a small team
• Delivering functional Safety Cases
• Complex safety analysis and justification

Desirable:

Previous submarine experience

• Particularly Vehicle Control
• Complex Control Systems

Benefits:

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:

If you are interested in understanding how submarines operate and how the Royal Navy operate the submarines, then this role is for you. As a Product Safety Engineer you will assist System Engineers in influencing submarine systems and capability development. You will develop an understanding of how submarine systems work and work together and ensure that the system of system interactions considers Product Safety appropriately.

The role will provide the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of safety management and safety case delivery. This includes safety requirements capture and management, hazard identification and analysis, hazard data management, application of the ALARP principle, creation/maintenance of safety documentation and continuous improvement of the safety management system. The role provides a real opportunity to gain a broad overview of a complex system (i.e. submarine). 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.

Closing Date: 11th July 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.