Senior Product Compliance Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Product Compliance Engineer 

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

Salary – Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

·        Attending and reporting to Daily Stand Up Meetings (DSUM)

·        Design activities including;

o   Supporting requirement elicitation workshops

o   Applying Product Safety Recognised Good Practice (e.g. IEC 61508, RTCA DO 178C etc.)

o   Undertaking analysis (Hazard identification, Analysis and Assessment) as per project Process instructions.

o   Supporting risk reduction activities (reducing risk ALARP) within design workshop environments

o   Supporting the identification of suitable design options and analysing options

·        Applying a systems engineering approach to safety products including Working within a centralised modelling tool

·        Working within a small safety team environment

·        Supporting Non-Safety experienced member of the wider team to achieve desirable safety outcomes

·        Supporting and preparing safety assessments as required to support system design and development

·        Supporting the preparation of Design Safety Justification supporting inputs

·        Providing Safety SME to product design and gate reviews

·        Supporting the development and maintenance of a healthy product Safety Culture within the team and wider business

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

·        Familiarity with UK Defence Standard and publications such as Defence Standard 00-56, Defence Standard 00-55, DSA-01, DSA-02

·        Familiarity with safety analysis techniques such as:

o   Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA)

o   Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

o   Event Tree Analysis (ETA)

o   Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)

o   System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA)

·        STEM degree (ideally with Product Safety experience within a regulated industry)

·        An understanding of the principles and requirements of IEC 61508 and/or IEC 61511 for complex Software and Hardware Safety Instrumented Systems.

Benefits:

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.

The Safety & Environmental Team:

As the Senior Engineer – Product Safety the primary duties for this role will be heavily focussed on the safety during the product design process. You will undertake analysis and provide outputs to the Principal Engineers where they can provide assistance to develop designs further.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. 

Closing Date: 22nd December 2023

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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