Product Safety Engineer

Babcock

  • Bristol Area
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 days ago
Job Title: Product Safety EngineerLocation: Flexible, United Kingdom + Hybrid Working ArrangementsCompensation: Competitive Salary + BenefitsRole Type: Full time / PermanentRole ID: SF65411At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Product Safety Engineer.The RoleAs a Product Safety Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. We're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Product Safety Engineer Mission Systems to join our Product Safety Team in Bristol, Plymouth, Portsmouth or Tewksbury.Day-to-day, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the safety and compliance of our mission-critical systems, supporting both UK defence and export customers.You will work on a variety of complex engineering projects, contributing to the development, assessment, and assurance of safety across the system lifecycle. Our projects cover strategic communications, tactical communications, weapon handling & launching systems and many more complex systems.
  • Create and manage Safety Case Reports and the supporting information (Hazard Analysis, Functional failures analysis, FTA etc. in accordance with relevant standards (e.g., DEF STAN 00-56).
  • Detail understanding of hazard analysis and safety evaluation processes.
  • Conduct safety assessments and risk analyses for systems and subsystems.
  • Provide expert advice on safety engineering processes and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
  • Support the integration of safety into system design and development activities and participate in design reviews, audits, and safety working groups.
  • Liaise with internal ernal and external stakeholders, including MOD clients, to ensure safety requirements are met.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides flexible hybrid working arrangements with working days in the office and days working from home. You will be required on site as and when the business demands, primarily in the Bristol area.Essential Experience of the Product Safety Engineer
  • Experience in safety engineering within a high-integrity or regulated environment (e.g., defence, automotive, aerospace, rail or nuclear).
  • Familiarity with safety standards and legislation relevant to mission systems.
  • Good verbal and written communication, analytical, problem-solving skills and stakeholder engagement skills.
Qualifications for the Product Safety Engineer
  • Degree in Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Security ClearanceThe successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available atWhat We Offer
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
  • 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
  • A relocation package for those outside of the region
Babcock InternationalFor over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.Closing Date: 17/09/2025#MISYS
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