Principal Product Safety Engineer

BAE Systems; Rochester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking a Principal Product Safety Engineer to provide safety advice on various engineering projects. You will engage with stakeholders, develop safety cases, and manage safety practitioners. The role involves understanding new technologies in the defense sector. The ideal candidate will possess strong safety engineering skills and effective communication abilities. Kind perks include a competitive pension scheme, private health plans, and potential annual incentives.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive potential

Qualifications

• Experience in safety engineering processes and practices.
• Qualified engineers from other disciplines with an understanding of safety engineering will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on product safety to project and engineering managers.
• Engage with third parties to gather safety case evidence.
• Develop safety arguments using appropriate analysis methods.
• Line manage other safety practitioners.
• Apply ALARP principles.

Skills

Safety engineering processes

Clear understanding of safety engineering & assurance principles

Good communication skills

Job description

Job Title : Principal Product Safety Engineer

Location : Frimley, Weymouth, Bristol, Portsmouth, Barrow-in-Furness, Devonport, Plymouth or Brough, dependant on role and your personal circumstances. 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

Providing advice on product safety matters to project and engineering managers delivering the programmes and ensuring the safety considerations (DEF STAN 0055 / 0056) are correctly considered and implemented.

Engaging with third parties, to review and gather supporting safety case evidence.

Developing safety arguments, both physical and functional, using appropriate safety analysis methods e.g. (FHA / STPA / FMEA / FTA) producing and updating safety case and safety management documentation using appropriate regulations and standards.

Line managing other safety practitioners.

Applying ALARP principles.

Your skills and experiences

Essential :

• Safety engineering processes, practices and tools.
• Clear understanding of safety engineering & assurance principals.
• Experience and qualified engineers from other disciplines who display the correct behaviours and have an understanding of safety engineering, will actively be considered for this role.

Desirable :

• Good communication skills and ability to interact and manage stakeholders.

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 Combat Systems Safety Team

Working closely with several engineers and technical specialists on both In-Service and In-Build Combat Systems, you will have the opportunity to work on developing safety arguments. This will include developing an understanding of new technologies and sensor systems used to support the safety arguments. We welcome people with experience of the military, defence and maritime industries, who can use their knowledge and learning to help us ensure that we provide the best products into submarines. 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.

Closing Date 5th January 2026

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.

Due to the festive season, there may be a delay in processing your application. Your application is important to us and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

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