Senior Product Compliance Engineer

Northampton Business Directory; Northampton, Barrow-in-Furness, Portsmouth, Brough; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Product Compliance Engineer to join their Integrated Development Team. This role focuses on ensuring product safety across submarine systems and requires an engineering degree or relevant experience. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, be self-motivated, and possess an understanding of safety engineering. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and various benefits, including a competitive pension scheme and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and wellbeing benefits

Shopping discounts

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Obtained or predicted a 2:2 in an Engineering degree or equivalent work experience.
• Understanding of Safety and Systems Engineering principles.
• Experience delivering tasks as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an Integrated Development Team focused on submarine systems.
• Support Hazard Identification and Analysis studies.
• Ensure compliance with Safety Management System.

Skills

Safety and Systems Engineering

Teamwork experience

Agility in working practices

Self-motivation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Engineering degree

Job description

Job Title: Senior Product Compliance Engineer

Location

Barrow-In-Furness, Brough, Portsmouth, Weymouth, Frimley or Filton – 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:

• Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver submarine systems / capability
• Specifically focusing on ensuring that Product Safety tasking and activities are completed across multiple systems in support of project milestones through all stages of Engineering Life Cycle Management
• Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies
• Assisting with or generating safety reports
• Ensuring the Integrated Development Team operates within the project Safety Management System
• Liaising with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team

Your skills and experiences:

• Obtained or predicted 2:2 in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Engineering degree. In the absence of a degree, then sufficient and relevant work experience will be considered and a desire to obtain a degree will also be considered
• An understanding of ‘Safety and Systems Engineering’ and of the ‘Engineering Life Cycle Management’
• Experience working and delivering tasks as part of team, but also capable of working and delivering tasks unsupervised
• The ability to be agile in working practices and customer expectations
• Self-motivated, with good verbal and written communication skills
• Practical experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector is preferable, although experience in other sectors will be considered

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Safety & Environmental Team

If you are interested in understanding how submarines operate and how the Royal Navy operate the submarines, then this role is for you. As a Product Safety Engineer you will assist System Engineers in influencing submarine systems and capability development. You will develop an understanding of how submarine systems work and work together and ensure that the system of system interactions considers Product Safety appropriately.

Role Opportunities

The role will provide the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of safety management and safety case delivery. This includes safety requirements capture and management, hazard identification and analysis, hazard data management, application of the ALARP principle, creation/maintenance of safety documentation and continuous improvement of the safety management system. The role provides a real opportunity to gain a broad overview of a complex system (i.e. submarine). We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

Legal & Security

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

12th January 2026

Application Notice

Due to the festive season, there may be a delay in the processing of your application. Your application is important to us, and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.