Oil And Gas à Grande-Bretagne

Job Title: Principal Product Safety Engineer

Barrow-in-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Portsmouth, Weymouth or Manchester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

1. Attending and reporting to Daily Stand Up Meetings (DSUM).
2. Design activities including:

• Applying Product Safety Recognised Good Practice (e.g., IEC 61508, RTCA DO 178C, etc.).
• Coordinating and undertaking analysis (Hazard identification, Analysis, and Assessment).
• Defining suitable design options and analyzing these options.

Applying a systems engineering approach to safety products, including working within a centralized modeling tool.

• Technically leading and coordinating a small safety team as required.
• Preparing safety assessments to support system design and development.
• Preparing Design Safety Justification supporting inputs.
• Providing Safety SME to product design and gate reviews.
• Governing and assuring parts of the organization.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of a healthy product Safety Culture within the team and wider business.

• Familiarity with UK Defence Standards and publications such as Defence Standard 00-56, 00-55, DSA-01, DSA-02.
• Good working knowledge of safety analysis techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), and System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA).
• STEM degree with Product Safety experience within a regulated industry.
• Good working knowledge of IEC 61508 and/or IEC 61511 for complex Software and Hardware Safety Instrumented Systems.
• Experience of model-based Systems Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.
• Experience within the Defence Industry.
• Familiarity with Cyber-Safety concepts.
• Experience in developing complex Systems of Systems (SoS).
• Knowledge of Safety standards and practices outside of Defence, such as Civil Aerospace, Rail, Oil & Gas, or other Process Industries.

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance, and a Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan. Additional benefits include flexible working, an employee assistance program, Cycle2work, and employee discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

As the Principal Engineer – Product Safety, your primary duties will focus on safety during the product design process. You will bring experience using various analysis techniques and have a broad understanding of their application to different standards. You will influence design areas with other engineers to ensure holistic solutions. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility criteria.

This is a place where you can 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 fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially from underrepresented sections of the community, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. We aim to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in assessments, please speak to your recruiter about reasonable adjustments.

Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions, which may limit your eligibility based on nationality, previous nationalities, or place of birth. All applicants must meet at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Higher levels of security vetting may require 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency.

15th May 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, we encourage early submission of your application.