BAE Systems
Principal Engineer - Product Safety
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Principal Engineer - Product Safety
Salary: Up to £68,500 (DOE) Location: Scotstoun or Filton, Wales; Radway Green, Cheshire Hybrid: Minimum 2 days per week on-site Flexible working arrangements available – discuss with your recruiter
About BAE Systems
Join BAE Systems and become part of a global network of professionals pioneering defence, aerospace, and security solutions for tomorrow’s challenges. Here, your expertise will shape safer futures, both above and beyond Earth.
From oceans to outer space, your career could begin anywhere.
Job Description
As a Principal Engineer in the Product Safety Discipline, reporting to the Programme Product Safety team, you’ll lead hazard identification, risk analysis, and the formulation of the scheme of safety in collaboration with subsystem Technical Authorities. Your role involves creating robust safety case arguments underpinned by assurance evidence and technical artefacts—ensuring hazards are either eliminated or mitigated to the extent possible.
You’ll manage safety processes, guide colleagues, and act as a thought leader, influencing product integrity and safe design solutions.
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Core Responsibilities
- Provide technical and consultative support to Technical Authority teams in managing hazards, risks, and mitigations across major subsystems or complex technologies.
- Develop and maintain the Hazard Log, verifying quality of submissions and assessing maturity of safety-related information.
- Organise and facilitate HAZard IDentification (HAZIDs) and safety review meetings, participating in others as required.
- Lead product safety activities for your allocated equipment area, delegating, managing, and overseeing junior engineers while maintaining technical oversight.
- Collaborate across multiple disciplines, ensuring technical integrity at every stage of the product lifecycle.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven knowledge of product safety processes, methodologies, and industry best practices.
- Experience spanning multiple phases of the Life Cycle Management (LCM) framework (e.g., assessment, design, manufacturing); understanding of through-life engineering.
- Familiarity with customer safety standards, including:
- DSA-02
- JSP430
- Def. Stan 00-56
- Mil-Std-882E
- BS EN 61508
Project Overview
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Focused on the Royal Canadian Navy’s River Class Destroyer programme, your role involves 1–2 small sites, contributing to a prominent fleet renewal initiative. Safety accountability lies with Technical Authorities, but your expertise ensures robust decision-making and compliance through a structured safety management framework.
Benefits
At BAE Systems, you’ll build a meaningful career with purpose—with advances in learning, flexible Wellbeing support, financial incentives, and a culture where innovation and connection fuel progress.
Supportive & Inclusive Environment
We champion diversity, valuing backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences that strengthen our teams. Fairness and belonging are core to our global impact.
Important Security Notice
Applicants must meet baseline security standards. Many roles require higher-level vetting (e.g., UK residency for 5–10+ years, depending on restrictions). If you wish to progress, we reserve the right to screen applications early.
Application Details
- Closing Date: 8 July 2024
- Interviews: Week of 20 July 2024
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