Principal Product Safety Engineer in Midlothian

Location: Broad Oak, Frimley, New Malden or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £70,000 depending on qualifications and experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing support to the functions Technical Authority teams with the management of the hazards, risks and associated mitigations and contribute to the development of the hazard log and the maturity of information contained within.
• Responsible for product safety strategy/argument assessment against major subsystems or key complex technologies.
• Production of high-quality submissions including hazard logs, safety cases and safety plans.
• Organising and facilitating HAZIDs and review meetings and contributing to other HAZIDs when required.
• Working with the Technical Authority teams and embedded Safety Engineers in collating adequate product safety related evidence to support the safety case argument and acceptance via the Requirements and Acceptance Team.

Your skills and experiences:

• Knowledge of safety management processes and techniques.
• Experience of working in more than one phase of the Engineering Lifecycle, with sufficient experience of design principles to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues.
• Awareness of customer defence standards such as: DSA-02, JSP430, Def Stan 00-56, MilStn 882E, BS EN 61508.
• Familiar with the principles of a Safety Management System.
• Experienced in writing technical documentation to an elevated level.
• Experience in Product Safety within Software Systems would be advantageous.
• Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution.
• Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation. Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.

Benefits:

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

The Product Safety team:

The Combat System is the heart of any platform, and being part of integrating these complex systems safely through design and assurance is the role of the Product Safety team. Working independently and collaboratively with a like-minded Product Safety Engineers, you will be critical in underpinning the integrity of cutting-edge technology from design concept through to disposal. As a valued stakeholder working alongside Design Technical Authorities, you will play a pivotal role challenging norms as well as bringing new ideas to the table across a varied and ever-changing portfolio of Combat System projects.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) 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, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 30th January 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.