Senior Product Safety Engineer

Job Title: Senior Product Safety Engineer

Salary: Up to £55,000 dependent on skills and experience

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist the Project Safety Officer and Safety Manager with contracted safety deliverables, including managing hazard logs and safety documentation
• Identify and resolve issues arising from in-service feedback or incidents
• Support project safety working groups and committees by preparing technical presentations and slide packs
• Contribute to the safety analysis of engineering changes proposed for the product
• Manage the product hazard logs and facilitate hazard review sessions in line with the agreed schedule
• Support with project audits as required

Your skills and experiences:

• An experienced engineer, with a breadth of engineering knowledge & experience in a regulated industry
• Professionally qualified with working knowledge and experience in Product Safety discipline at IEng level (or equivalent level of capability) or in the final stages of achieving IEng status
• Product Safety technical expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and work experience
• Sound understanding of Product Safety Legislation and related technical standards
• Proven experience of the product development lifecycle

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 Torpedo Repair & Maintenance Team:

This team are supporting the wider Engineering and project team to deliver enhanced capability to our customers, that includes the Royal Navy, the Royal Norwegian Navy and the US Navy. Our torpedoes have a great heritage, and we are in the process of mid-life upgrades and assessing the utilisation of modern and future technologies to make our products the best in class. All this whilst ensuring they remain safe to operate, use best practicable environmental options and are resilient to cyber threats.

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: 23rd March 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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