Senior Product Compliance Engineer

BAE Systems; Engedi; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the United Kingdom is seeking a Product Safety Engineer to work within an Integrated Development Team focused on submarine systems. Responsibilities include ensuring product safety across systems, supporting hazard analysis, and liaising with safety teams. Ideal candidates will have a relevant Engineering degree or work experience and a self-motivated attitude. The role offers a competitive salary, pension, and a range of flexible health and lifestyle benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive for eligible employees

Qualifications

• Obtained or predicted 2:2 in a Bachelor's or Master's Engineering degree, or relevant work experience with a desire to obtain a degree.
• Understanding of Safety and Systems Engineering and the Engineering Life Cycle Management.
• Practical experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Product Safety tasks and activities are completed across multiple systems.
• Support 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 Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team.

Skills

Teamwork

Agility in working practices

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Engineering degree

Relevant work experience

Job description

Overview

Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver submarine systems / capability.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring 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.

Qualifications

• Obtained or predicted 2:2 in a Bachelor's or Master's Engineering degree. In the absence of a degree, 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 a 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

Competitive salary, a competitive pension scheme, 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. Eligible employees may also receive an annual incentive.

Security and Export Control

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. Applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard and may be required to obtain higher levels of National Security Vetting, which typically requires 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK.

Equal Opportunities

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.