Principal Engineer - Product Safety Engineering

Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver submarine systems / capability. Specifically focusing on ensuring that Product Safety tasking and activities are completed across multiple systems in support of project milestones through all stages of Engineering Life Cycle Management.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies.
• Assisting with or generating safety reports.
• Ensuring the Integrated Development Team operates within the project Safety Management System.
• Liaising with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team.

If you are interested in understanding how submarines operate and how the Royal Navy operates the submarines, then this role is for you. As a Product Safety Engineer, you will assist System Engineers in influencing submarine systems and capability development. You will develop an understanding of how submarine systems work and work together and ensure that the system of system interactions considers Product Safety appropriately.

Minimum Requirements:

• Obtained or predicted 2:2 in a Bachelor's or Master's Engineering degree.
• An understanding of 'Safety and Systems Engineering' and of the 'Engineering Life Cycle Management'.
• Experience working and delivering tasks as part of a team, but also capable of working and delivering tasks unsupervised.
• The ability to be agile in working practices and customer expectations.
• Self-motivated, with good verbal and written communication skills.
• Practical experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector is preferable, although experience in other sectors will be considered.

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.

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.