Radar Principal Safety Engineer

Job Title: Radar Principal Product Safety Engineer

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

Salary: Up to £62,000 depending on skills and experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

You will ensure adherence to the Product Safety Framework, as well as all relevant business policies, procedures, and management plans within the scope of responsibility. Provide guidance and support to delegated technical authorities within the Radar Engineering teams on all aspects of product safety, particularly in relation to ongoing projects and bid activities.

You will also carry out incident investigations as required, while contributing to the effective management of data recording and corrective action systems and maintain accurate and up-to-date records across all relevant systems to support compliance and continuous improvement.

Core Duties:

• Report into the Radar Product Safety Manager in the Radar line of business and carry out product safety engineering activities on projects/products that you are assigned to
• Work on both legacy products such as the ones in operation with the Royal Navy as well as work on future radar products that are early in the design lifecycle. You will be required to support and provide advice to the projects’ Technical Authorities including the generation of safety deliverables for both new and existing products
• Be responsible for ensuring that Radar products comply with appropriate statutory, corporate and contractual safety requirements. You will carry out various activities to ensure that business and customer expectations are met in terms of achieving safety requirements against agreed milestones.
• Apply a depth and breadth of expertise relating to Product Safety to complex engineering problems, challenges issues and problems associated with the area. You will design and develop solutions, resolve engineering issues and problems for a range of situations relating to their specialist knowledge area
• Provide technical guidance to others relating to Product Safety

Essential Skills:

• You will be a Product Safety Practitioner – have demonstrated experience within Product/Systems Safety
• You will have experience of deriving and setting safety criteria and requirements using UK MOD defence standards, in particular Def Stan 00-056 & 00-055
• You will have experience applying safety management processes within Systems Engineering Lifecycles, such as the CADMID cycle and the Systems ‘V’ model
• You will have experience applying a range of techniques in conducting Hazard Identification and Analysis and Risk Assessments
• You will have knowledge of producing and managing Hazard Logs and safety arguments
• You will have an understanding of safety aspects and completion of assessments for compliance against various UK and other legislation

The Radar Product Safety Team:

This team are supporting the wider Radar Engineering and project teams to deliver enhanced capability to our customers, that includes the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and our export customers. Our Radars have a great heritage and operate across Land and Sea environments. We are in the process of continuous capability 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?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 13th April 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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