Job Title:
Principal Product Safety Engineer
Location:
Coventry – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary:
Negotiable depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
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
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
Your skills and experiences:
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 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
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
To support our ongoing need to recruit the best engineering talent, BAE Systems Submarines is delighted to shortly be opening a brand-new office in Coventry. BAE Systems Submarines is experiencing a period of significant growth, and we are now
actively
recruiting a variety of roles and specialisms to support our ongoing submarines programs which is critical to delivering our national endeavour.
If you are interested in understanding how submarines operate and how the Royal Navy operate 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.
The role
will provide the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of safety
management
and safety case delivery. This includes safety requirements capture and
management, hazard identification and
analysis, hazard data
management, application of the ALARP
principle, creation/maintenance of safety documentation and continuous improvement of the safety
management
system. The role provides a real opportunity to gain a broad overview of a
complex
system (i.e. submarine). We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
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
7th November 2025
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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