Job Title:
Principal Engineer – Product Safety
Location:
Glasgow, Scotstoun (We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role)
Salary:
Circa £58,500 (dependent on skills and experience)
What you’ll be doing:
Be responsible for delivering the safety, propulsion & manoeuvring systems (P&MS) certification for the new Royal Navy
Type
26 frigates
Managing
engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across BAE Systems, DE&S (MOD) and the Royal Navy
Coordinate the effective running of quarterly safety working groups on behalf of the Marine Technical Authority
Provide support to technical authorities and engineering teams with the
management
of the hazards, risks and associated mitigations, contributing to the development of the hazard log and the maturity of information contained within
Be responsible for product safety assessments against major subsystems or key
complex
technologies
Organise and facilitate hazard identification and review meetings
Work with the Technical Authority teams and embedded Safety Engineers in collating adequate Product Safety related evidence to support the safety case and acceptance via the Requirements and Acceptance Team
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Knowledge of product safety
management
processes and techniques
Experience of working in more than one phase of the Life Cycle
Management
(LCM) framework, with sufficient experience of the total LCM to enable a good understanding of adjacent phases and through life engineering issues
Desirable:
Awareness of ship or system safety standards such as:
DSA-02
JSP430
Def. Stan 00-56
Mil Std 882E
BS EN 61508
Applicants
should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.
Applicants
should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution.
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
Type
26 Marine Systems Integration Team
This role sits at the heart of BAE Systems’
Type
26 programme, delivering the Royal Navy’s next-generation anti-submarine warfare frigate. With an immediate focus on taking Ship 01 through harbour and sea acceptance trials, you’ll play a key part in turning world-class engineering into an operational capability at sea. Working
hands-on
with multidisciplinary engineering teams across BAE Systems and the wider supply chain, you’ll also engage closely with the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence customer, on one of the UK’s most high-profile naval programmes.
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
20th February 2026. Interviews for this position will take place W/C 2nd March.
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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