Senior Engineer – Product Safety (Hazard Log)

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Product Safety (Hazard Log)

Location: Filton or Scotstoun – Hybrid

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 £49,100 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:

As a Senior Engineer (the hazard log controller) working as part of the Product Safety Discipline, within the wider Programme Product Safety team, you will be responsible for maintaining the SMARTer hazard log and for developing and maintaining the associated eCassandra hazard log for delivery to the MOD.

You will work with the safety team, the TA teams and MOD stakeholders to ensure that the eCassandra log is accurate, comprehensive and remains aligned with SMARTer log updates.

Your overarching goal is to ensure that hazards are either eliminated, or that associated risk is managed so far as is reasonably practicable. This role supports this goal by ensuring that all hazards are correctly documented.

Core duties:

• You will maintain the SMARTer Hazard Log
• You will develop and maintain the eCassandra hazard log, as derived from the SMARTer Hazard Log
• You will verify the quality of submissions to the Hazard Log
• You will convert data from SMARTer to eCassandra format.
• You will work with the Safety Team, the MOD, the TA teams and embedded Safety Engineers to ensure the maturity of both hazard logs

Essential Skills:

• You will have good skills with spreadsheet and database office applications
• You will understand database concepts
• You will have familiarity with data manipulation
• You will have Microsoft Office skills, in particular Excel

The Safety Team:

This team plays a vital role in identifying hazards and ensuring risks are eliminated or reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable. Through collaboration across engineering disciplines, the team helps protect those who operate our products while safeguarding the organisation’s reputation for delivering safe, reliable solutions

Your role will be ensuring that the pertinent “design” safety argument gets accurately translated into the “In service” hazard log.

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: 19th November 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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