Overview

Job title: Product Safety Engineer

Location: Warton – hybrid and flexible working arrangements available. Salary: £47,683 depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Evaluation of aircraft and system / sub-system design safety in support of platform safety certification throughout the Engineering Lifecycle.
• Generating, updating and reviewing Aircraft, System and Sub-System Safety Engineering outputs to industry safety standards.
• Ensuring that Certification evidence supports achievement of an acceptable level of product design safety with respect to Design Airworthiness requirements and identified hazards.
• Assessing customer deviations from the design for adverse impact on product integrity and identifying recovery routes (where necessary).
• Support the Risk Assessments, ensuring suitable justification exists for action and the adequacy of the proposed remedial / recovery action in mitigating product safety risk / safety performance degradation.
• This role may have people responsibilities (career development plans, aspirations, etc.).

Your skills and experiences

• Essential: A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience.
• Essential: Safety Engineering experience in a safety critical industry.
• Desirable: Engineering integration role within any lifecycle/product area.
• Desirable: Requirements Engineering, Configuration and Data Management.
• Desirable: Qualification and Certification, Model Based Systems Engineering, Agile / Scrum Development.

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 Platform Integration Safety Team

The Platform Integration Safety Team is where safety, innovation and future air power come together.

Role scope and opportunities

As a Product Safety Engineer, you will work on one of the many platforms BAE Systems Air has to offer, ensuring they are not only safe and sustainable, but also ready to take on tomorrow’s challenges. You will have the opportunity to work on multiple projects ranging from shaping the world’s next sixth-generation fighter jet, to advancing today’s aircraft with AI, autonomy and digital engineering, to supporting global customers in keeping their fleets at peak performance. We don’t just deliver capability; we help define the safety, security and environmental standards that will guide the aerospace industry for decades to come.

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 thought, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

Equality, diversity and accessibility

We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to ensure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a 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 note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality, previous affiliations, and place of birth can affect the roles you are eligible for. All applicants must achieve a Baseline Personnel Security Standard at a minimum. Some roles require higher levels of Security Vetting, which may require 5 to 10 years of continuous residence in the UK depending on the vetting level for the role.

Closing Date: 23 September 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible.