Senior Product Compliance Engineer

s1jobs; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexibility in health benefits

Shopping discounts

Private health plans

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Senior Product Compliance Engineer to support submarine systems development. Responsibilities include ensuring safety tasks across systems and conducting hazard analysis. Candidates should have a relevant degree or equivalent experience in safety engineering. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including health and share schemes. A strong understanding of safety engineering principles is essential, along with good communication skills.

Qualifications

• Obtained or predicted 2:2 in a Bachelor's or Master's Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have an understanding of Safety and Systems Engineering.
• Preferable practical experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector.
• Agile mindset and ability to adapt to customer expectations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of an Integrated Development Team for submarine systems.
• Ensuring Product Safety task completion across multiple systems.
• Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies.
• Assist with or generate safety reports.
• Ensure the Integrated Development Team operates within the project Safety Management System.
• Liaise with other teams including the Whole Boat Safety Team.

Skills

Team collaboration

Agile working practices

Verbal and written communication skills

Understanding of Safety and Systems Engineering

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Engineering degree

Job description

Senior Product Compliance Engineer

Location: Barrow‑In‑Furness, Brough, Portsmouth, Weymouth, Frimley or Filton – 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

• Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver submarine systems / capability
• Specifically focusing on ensuring that Product Safety tasking and activities are completed across multiple systems in support of project milestones through all stages of Engineering Life Cycle Management
• Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies
• Assisting with or generating safety reports
• Ensuring the Integrated Development Team operates within the project Safety Management System
• Liaising with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team

Your Skills And Experiences

• Obtained or predicted 2:2 in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Engineering degree. In the absence of a degree, then sufficient and relevant work experience will be considered and a desire to obtain a degree will also be considered
• An understanding of ‘Safety and Systems Engineering’ and of the ‘Engineering Life Cycle Management’
• Experience working and delivering tasks as part of team, but also capable of working and delivering tasks unsupervised
• The ability to be agile in working practices and customer expectations
• Self‑motivated, with good verbal and written communication skills
• Practical experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector is preferable, although experience in other sectors will be considered

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 Safety & Environmental 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, 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

12th 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 the processing of your application. Your application is important to us, and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

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