Senior Product Compliance Engineer

BAE Systems; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Manchester is seeking a safety-focused professional to join their team. You will be responsible for safety assessments, supporting system design and development, and fostering a strong safety culture. The ideal candidate will have a STEM degree and familiarity with UK Defence Standards and safety analysis techniques. This position offers competitive benefits, including flexible health plans, a pension scheme, and potential for an annual incentive.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• STEM degree ideally with Product Safety experience within a regulated industry.
• Familiarity with UK Defence Standards and publications.
• An understanding of complex Software and Hardware Safety Instrumented Systems.

Responsibilities

• Attend and report to Daily Stand-Up Meetings (DSUM).
• Support risk reduction and analysis activities.
• Apply a systems engineering approach to safety products.
• Work within a small safety team environment.
• Support non-safety experienced team members.

Skills

Product Safety experience

Safety analysis techniques (FHA, FTA, ETA, FMEA, STPA)

Understanding of IEC 61508

Understanding of IEC 61511

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Attending and reporting to Daily Stand-Up Meetings (DSUM)
• Design activities including but not limited to supporting rick reduction/ analysis and identification
• Applying a systems engineering approach to safety products including Working within a centralised modelling tool
• Working within a small safety team environment
• Supporting non-safety experienced member of the wider team to achieve desirable safety outcomes
• Supporting and preparing safety assessments as required to support system design and development
• Supporting the preparation of Design Safety Justification supporting inputs
• Providing Safety SME to product design and gate reviews
• Supporting the development and maintenance of a healthy product Safety Culture within the team and wider business
• You will undertake analysis and provide outputs to the Principal Engineers where they can provide assistance to develop designs further.

Qualifications

• STEM degree (ideally with Product Safety experience within a regulated industry)
• Familiarity with UK Defence Standard and publications such as Defence Standard 00-56, Defence Standard 00-55, DSA-01, DSA-02
• Familiarity with safety analysis techniques such as: (FHA) (FTA) (ETA) (FMEA) (STPA)
• An understanding of the principles and requirements of IEC 61508 and/or IEC 61511 for complex Software and Hardware Safety Instrumented Systems

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.

About 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.