Principal Engineer - Product Safety Engineering

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BAE Systems, North End, King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

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Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

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, 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.

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

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.

Salary: Competitive, You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.