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Job Title
System Safety Engineering
Lead
– Avionics
Location
Warton, would also consider Prestwick – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary
Up to 62,498.00 Dependent on experience
What you’ll be doing
Maintaining and updating the D&C System Safety Assessment Report.
Reviewing design changes and generating safety statements.
Reviewing Prelminary Hazard
Analysis .
Reviewing Safety Critical Functional Chains.
Supporting in-service queries/incidents.
Supporting safety process change workshops, and product safety forums.
Your skills and experiences
Essential
Experience in system safety working practices;
e.g.
Hazard
Analysis, Safety Cases, Fault Tree Analyis, Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality
Analysis .
Strong
understanding and experience of the ‘V’ lifecycle, and system engineering
principles .
Knowledge of Avionics development processes and toolsets.
Must
be willing to show integrity in the quality and accuracy of work during periods of delivery pressure.
Highly desirable
Working knowledge of IBM Statemate and Ada programming language.
Experience using Reliability Workbench software.
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 Typhoon displays and
control
team
The team provides support to all of the LRIs within the D&C sub-system, with occasional tasks from IMRS and DASS. As such this role covers all of the different LRIs in the sub-system. The primary focus are the LRIs for which BAES develop application software, i.e. CIU, CSG and HEA, but other tasks cover both hardware aspects of these LRIs and all elements of the other D&C equipment.
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
27th 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.
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