Job Description
Product Safety Engineer
Client: BAE Systems
Location: Barrow in Furness (Hybrid)
Contract: 12 months, 37 hours per week
Hourly Rate: £74.68 Umbrella (Inside IR35) ~ £552 pd
Security Clearance: BPSS + SC + UK EYES ONLY
Key Responsibilities
Client: BAE Systems
Location: Barrow in Furness (Hybrid)
Contract: 12 months, 37 hours per week
Hourly Rate: £74.68 Umbrella (Inside IR35) ~ £552 pd
Security Clearance: BPSS + SC + UK EYES ONLY
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake Product Safety functional analysis, including Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazard Analysis (HAZAN), in support of submarine design
- Produce high-quality Product Safety functional justification reports and formal safety assessments
- Provide specialist safety advice to systems engineers across submarine programmes
- Liaise with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and compliance
- Offer technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers within the safety team
- Support the development and delivery of safety cases in line with programme schedules
- Maintain high standards of safety, health, and environment (SHE) in all activities
- Strong understanding of Functional Safety, particularly of complex, software-centric systems
- Familiarity with HAZID and HAZAN techniques
- Prior submarine programme experience, ideally related to Vehicle Control (Navigation)
- Experience producing Formal Safety Assessments and safety documentation to a high standard
- Proven track record of teamworking and mentoring colleagues
- Strong organisational skills with ability to deliver quality outputs to strict deadlines
- Skilled in technical report writing and safety justification