Senior Engineer – Safety and Environmental (Safety)

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

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is looking for a Senior Product Safety Engineer in Northampton. This role involves developing and maintaining safety management systems, supporting risk assessments, and ensuring product safety. Candidates should have a STEM degree, awareness of environmental challenges, and the ability to interpret technical data. Benefits include competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and various health and wellbeing perks.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Privately funded health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Awareness of design, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning, and testing submarines lifecycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain the Safety Management System.
• Support the production of Project Safety Management Plans.
• Undertake Product Safety hazard and risk identification activities.
• Support construction of the Project Product Safety Case.
• Produce and articulate clear technical safety arguments.

Skills

Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) Degree or equivalent

Awareness of environmental challenges for products

Ability to interpret technical data

Job description

Job Title: Senior 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: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop, implement and maintain the Safety Management System


• Support the production of Project Safety Management Plans


• Undertake Product Safety hazard and risk identification, management and assessment activities


• Support construction of the Project Product Safety Case including Safety Case Reports


• Support administration and management of the Project Hazard Log


• Support the delivery training to the Product Safety and Environmental domains and the wider BAE Systems community


• Produce, present and articulate clear and logical technical safety arguments


• Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Project Safety Case and supporting documentation

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) Degree or equivalent


• Awareness of the challenges posed by the environment that the product will be exposed to

Desirable:

• Awareness of design, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing submarines lifecycle phases


• Ability to interpret technical data

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 Integrated Combat Systems Team:

As a Product Safety 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. 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: 7th November 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.