Safety Requirements Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Weymouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Requirements Manager to join their Dreadnought Combat Systems Safety Engineering team. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your expertise in safety requirements management within complex sub-systems for submarine combat systems. You will be responsible for managing safety requirements, liaising with teams and suppliers, and delivering critical reports to senior management. The company promotes an inclusive culture and offers flexible working arrangements, competitive benefits, and relocation support. If you are passionate about making a difference in a collaborative environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Experience managing requirements up and down the V cycle.
• Recent experience in safety requirements management.

Responsibilities

• Managing safety requirements from whole boat into combat systems.
• Delivering reports into Senior Engineering Manager for safety requirements.

Skills

DOORS

Safety requirements management

Defence contract experience

Excellent communication skills

Appreciation of Safety FHAs, FTAs, PSSAs

Education

Degree in relevant field

Relevant experience in requirements management

Job description

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Location: BroadOak, Frimley, Filton, Weymouth or Devonport. 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 skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing all the safety requirements that filter down from whole boat into combat systems – safety requirements flow down and recording in DOORS
• Managing Requirements Decomposition (DSRs / 4SFRs / 5SFRs) once the Safety Team have completed their Analysis
• Delivering reports into Senior Engineering Manager for safety requirements process
• Liaising with Subsystems, Safety Team, and Suppliers with regards to Safety Requirements
• Providing the Safety Team/Subsystems with specialist support in assisting in the carrying out of a Gap Analysis between Formal Safety Requirements and assumptive Safety Requirements placed on suppliers by the Sub-systems teams

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience using DOORS
• Safety requirements management – recent experience at managing requirements up and down the V cycle – INCOSE systems engineering V diagram
• Degree or relevant level of experience at requirements management
• Defence contract experience
• Excellent communication and collaborative engagement skills
• Appreciation of Safety FHAs, FTAs, PSSAs and Safety Fault Schedules

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 Dreadnought Combat Systems Safety Engineering team:

Joining the Dreadnought Combat Systems Safety Engineering Team will give you a unique and exciting opportunity to apply your knowledge and experience of Requirements Management to a range of complex sub-systems that will form the combat system of a 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, 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: 5th 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.