Senior Engineer - Safety & Environmental Engineering (Product Safety)

Location: Coventry, hybrid

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

Salary: Competitive

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.

What you will be doing

As a Senior Product Safety Engineer you will support the Engineering Delivery Manager in the development, delivery and maintenance of the Project Product Safety Management System and Product Safety Case. Your work will ensure that products are safe to own, operate and maintain, while meeting all legal and regulatory requirements.

Core duties

• Develop, implement and maintain the Safety Management System, ensuring safety processes are robust, compliant and aligned with engineering and programme requirements.
• Support the production and maintenance of Project Safety Management Plans, ensuring safety activities are clearly defined and delivered throughout the project lifecycle.
• Undertake Product Safety hazard and risk identification, management and assessment activities, considering the environmental and operational challenges the product will be exposed to.
• Support the development of the Project Product Safety Case, including preparation of Safety Case Reports and clear, evidence-based technical safety arguments.
• Administer and manage the Project Hazard Log, ensuring hazards are identified, recorded, assessed and appropriately managed.
• Apply knowledge from a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) degree or equivalent experience to interpret and analyse technical data and support safety activities across design, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing phases of the submarine lifecycle.
• Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Project Safety Case and supporting documentation.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans and an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. These include a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Integrated Combat Systems Team

The Integrated Combat Systems team plays a key role in supporting submarine programmes by ensuring the safe design, development and operation of complex systems. As a Product Safety Engineer within the team, you will help ensure the delivery of robust safety management processes and safety cases that enable products to be owned and operated safely throughout their lifecycle.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and want to make sure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism or an anxiety disorder) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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.

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, supporting 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 be proud of the difference you make.

Closing Date: 27th March 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.