Mission Systems Engineer – Product Safety
// Role Summary
Join BAE Systems as a Mission Systems Engineer specializing in Product Safety, where you'll play a critical role in ensuring the safety of next-generation combat air systems through rigorous safety assessments and collaborative design support.
// Key Responsibilities
- Perform detailed safety assessments and generate safety engineering artefacts.
- Provide safety engineering support across all levels of Mission System design.
- Collaborate with multinational safety working groups on novel design implementations.
- Conduct Fault Tree Analyses and System Functional Hazard Assessments.
- Contribute technical expertise to a multi-functional engineering team.
- Work on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme.
// Role Specification
Mission Systems Engineer – Product Safety
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Product Safety Engineer to join our Mission System Product Safety Team, working on the next generation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). This role is part of the Mission Systems Delivery Team (MSDT), focusing on the Concepting and Assessment Phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. You will be responsible for generating and reviewing safety engineering artefacts, providing crucial support to the aircraft safety team, flight systems team, and associated disciplines.
You will collaborate with all Mission System logical domain teams across the programme, actively involved in novel design implementation and associated safety engineering. This hybrid role, based in Warton, offers a salary of £51,772+ DOE and the opportunity to build a career with purpose.
Core Duties:
- Perform detailed safety assessment work in accordance with defined GCAP safety procedures.
- Provide safety engineering support to the Mission System domain at all levels of system design.
- Provide technical expertise, supporting and/or leading activities for Mission Systems within a multi-functional engineering team.
- Generate and review detailed Fault Tree Analyses and System Functional Hazard Assessments.
- Review safety-related artefacts.
- Provide guidance on the implementation of safety requirements, safety objectives, hardware implementation safety standards, and software safety standards.
- Attend multi-national safety working groups meetings across all levels of design.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- A degree or equivalent in a STEM subject.
- Experience in performing Hazard analysis and/or risk safety assessments.
- An understanding of the software development environment and the design principles of complex electronic hardware.
- A general understanding of ARP4754, ARP4761, DO-254, and DO-178 would be desirable.
Security and Export Control Restrictions: Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. These restrictions can impact eligibility based on nationality, previous nationalities held, and place of birth. All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and many roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically requiring 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK.
Closing Date: 10th July 2026