Flight Systems Senior Safety Engineer

Location: Brough – Hybrid 3 days a week onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £56,766+ Depending on experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

As a Senior Safety Engineer, you will play a key role in the management and delivery of safety activities across a range of aircraft systems, including hydraulics, flying controls, landing systems, electrical generation, fuel, propulsion, environmental control systems and crew escape systems. You will be involved in hazard identification and analysis, safety requirements management, safety case development and continuous improvement activities, while providing technical leadership and helping to develop the capability of the wider Safety team.

Core duties:

• Maintain and update Flight Systems safety analyses, ensuring they remain accurate, robust and aligned with programme and regulatory requirements.
• Review aircraft design changes and modifications, assessing their safety impact and producing supporting safety statements and documentation.
• Conduct hazard identification and analysis activities, including Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
• Generate, review and maintain sub-system hazard analyses across a range of aircraft systems.
• Support the investigation and resolution of in-service queries, incidents and emergent safety concerns, providing timely safety engineering input.
• Produce and review risk assessments, ensuring hazards are appropriately identified, evaluated and managed.
• Contribute to safety process workshops, product safety forums and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and the wider safety community to support the development and maintenance of platform-level safety arguments and safety cases.
• Provide safety engineering expertise to support the continued airworthiness and safe operation of military aircraft systems.

Essential Skills:

• Degree, HND or equivalent qualification in an Engineering discipline.
• Experience in safety engineering within a complex, highly regulated engineering environment.
• Knowledge and practical application of system safety methodologies, including Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and Safety Case or Safety Justification development.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and the application of the engineering lifecycle, including the ‘V’ model.
• Experience identifying, assessing and managing technical and safety risks throughout the product lifecycle.
• Familiarity with structured problem-solving and root cause investigation techniques.
• Ability to produce, review and maintain technical safety documentation and engineering reports.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to work with engineering databases and specialist toolsets.

The Flight Systems Safety Team:

Join our Flight Systems Safety team at Brough, where you’ll work alongside experienced engineers responsible for ensuring the safety and airworthiness of military fast jet aircraft systems. The team provides specialist safety engineering expertise across a wide range of aircraft sub-systems, supporting in-service platforms and working closely with engineering, programme and customer stakeholders to deliver robust safety solutions throughout the product lifecycle.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 13th July 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.