System Safety Engineering Lead – Avionics

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Job Title  System Safety Engineering  Lead  – Avionics

Location  Warton, would also consider Prestwick – 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 62,498.00 Dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing

Maintaining and updating the D&C System Safety Assessment Report.

Reviewing design changes and generating safety statements.

Reviewing Prelminary Hazard  Analysis .

Reviewing Safety Critical Functional Chains.

Supporting in-service queries/incidents.

Supporting safety process change workshops, and product safety forums.

Your skills and experiences

Essential

Experience in system safety working practices;  e.g.  Hazard  Analysis , Safety Cases, Fault Tree Analyis, Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality  Analysis .

Strong  understanding and experience of the ‘V’ lifecycle, and system engineering  principles .

Knowledge of Avionics development processes and toolsets.

Must  be willing to show integrity in the quality and accuracy of work during periods of delivery pressure.

Highly desirable

Working knowledge of IBM Statemate and Ada programming language.

Experience using Reliability Workbench software.

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 Typhoon displays and    control    team

The team provides support to all of the LRIs within the D&C sub-system, with occasional tasks from IMRS and DASS. As such this role covers all of the different LRIs in the sub-system. The primary focus are the LRIs for which BAES develop application software, i.e. CIU, CSG and HEA, but other tasks cover both hardware aspects of these LRIs and all elements of the other D&C equipment.

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.

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  27th January 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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