Product Safety Engineer

Location: Warton, Hybrid – 3 days per week on site – occasional travel requirements.

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

Salary: £51,772 – £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.

Job Description: We are hiring for two Product Safety Engineers to support the safety assessment and certification of complex aerospace systems across the full engineering lifecycle. Working within a small core team and wider cross-functional environment, you will evaluate aircraft and system design safety, produce and review key safety artefacts (including hazard analyses and safety assessments), and ensure compliance with airworthiness and regulatory requirements. The role involves validating supplier documentation, supporting risk assessment and mitigation activities, and managing residual risks through to closure. You will also contribute to international working groups, helping shape emerging standards in areas such as digital certification, AI, autonomy, sustainability, and product security.

Core duties:

• Establishing and delivering the engineering activities using systems integration, systems engineering techniques.
• Sustaining the initial integrity of Air products through production challenge and review of design, certification and assurance evidence (including product data requirements) in line with market legislation and regulatory obligations.
• Sustain the Air business regarding Product Safety Engineering through the development/improvement of existing process and operations, challenging the norm, promoting efficiency and competitiveness whilst ensuring continuous delivery.
• Validation and challenge of the initial evidence through professional judgement and constructive feedback, performance of audit and assurance activities, including involvement in design and phase review assessments (as appropriate).
• Recovery of the integrity of Air products through investigation, root cause analysis, technical instruction (using technical writing skills) and advising of potential design change.
• Exploitation of learning across Air and other BAE Systems Units, Customers and Suppliers using appropriate alerting, lessons learnt and promotional processes.

Essential Skills:

• Degree in a STEM discipline, or equivalent relevant engineering experience.
• Proven experience in a Safety Engineering role across the product lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of requirements engineering, configuration control, and safety engineering tools (e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, Goal Structured Notation).
• Experience supporting qualification and certification activities within Safety Critical Industries.
• Working knowledge of Safety Engineering principles and applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g. EASA, EMAR, UK MRP, DAOS/MAOS/CFAOS approvals).
• Working knowledge of Safety engineering standards (e.g. Def-Stan 00-56 and IEC61508).

The Product Safety Team: You’ll be joining the Product Safety Team within BAE Systems’ Air business, a specialist group supporting safety and integrity across a wide range of airborne platforms and programmes. Working in a small, collaborative core team (c.4, within a wider group of up to 20), you’ll contribute to high-profile projects spanning next-generation fighter development, current fleet capability upgrades, and in-service support for global customers. The team operates across all products and engages with international partners to help shape emerging standards in areas such as digital certification, AI, sustainability, and product security, providing critical safety expertise across the full engineering 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.

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: 23rd April 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.