Principal Engineer Product Safety

Principal Product Safety Engineer - V06208

Location: UK (Hybrid/On-site as required)
Contract: 12 Months

Rate: £81.05/hour Umbrella

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Principal Product Safety Engineer to support the delivery of complex, safety-critical engineering programmes. You'll lead safety activities across major systems, working closely with technical authorities and engineering teams to ensure hazards are identified, risks are managed, and robust safety cases are developed throughout the product lifecycle.

What You'll Do

• Lead hazard identification, risk assessment and safety case development for complex engineering systems.
• Facilitate HAZID workshops and coordinate safety reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain hazard logs, ensuring risks are effectively managed and appropriately documented.
• Produce safety submissions supported by robust assurance evidence.
• Work closely with technical authorities, engineering teams and customers to achieve product safety certification.
• Lead safety activities within your allocated work package and provide guidance to junior engineers.
• Contribute to safety case updates throughout the engineering lifecycle.

Essential Skills

• Strong background in Product Safety within a safety-critical industry.
• Experience producing safety cases, hazard logs and conducting hazard/risk assessments.
• Knowledge of system safety standards such as Def Stan 00-056, MIL-STD-882E, IEC/BS EN 61508, JSP430 or equivalent.
• Experience working across multiple stages of the engineering lifecycle.
• Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.

Desirable

• Experience within defence, naval, aerospace or other highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of safety management frameworks and lifecycle engineering processes.
• Experience supporting complex systems involving sensors, mission systems, weapons or similar technologies.
• This role would suit an experienced Product Safety Engineer looking to take technical ownership of safety activities on large, complex engineering programmes while working with multidisciplinary teams in a highly regulated environment.