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# System Safety Team Leader

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Warton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £59,491.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Programming, Reliability Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Subsystems, Systems Integration, Safety Critical Systems, Engineering Base
- **Published:** May 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a46a15f67c759f61

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, * STEM degree or equivalent practical experience within aircraft engineering projects or closely related technical environments

 * Demonstratable system safety experience, including Hazard Analysis, Safety Cases, FTA, FMECA, and criticality assessments
 * Considerable understanding of the 'V' lifecycle, systems engineering values, and structured development processes
 * Working knowledge of IBM Statemate and Ada programming for safety-critical systems or engineering applications
 * Practical experience using Reliability Workbench to support reliability modelling, assessment, and safety evaluation

## Description

As System Safety Team Leader within the Typhoon D&C System Safety Team, you will guide safety activities across a complex, high-profile avionics environment, helping to ensure the continued safe development and operation of Typhoon capability. Working across software, hardware and system-level safety, you will support hazard analysis, safety assessment evidence and in-service safety investigations for key Line Replaceable Items, including cockpit interface, symbol generation and helmet equipment technologies.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with development teams, specialist safety colleagues, suppliers, Eurofighter, NETMA and customer-facing teams. You will contribute to innovative defence engineering, influence safety-critical outcomes and develop your leadership, technical and stakeholder skills within BAE Systems.

Core duties:

 * Oversee product safety activities across the Typhoon D&C sub-system, ensuring aligned safety delivery
 * Maintain and update the D&C System Safety Assessment Report with clear supporting evidence
 * Review design changes, hazard assessments and safety-critical functional chains to support safe implementation
 * Assess software requirements, design and code hazard evaluation changes across key avionics equipment
 * Coordinate in-service safety queries and incidents, coordinating investigations, responses and stakeholder communication, Supporting critical Typhoon avionics capability, this function leads product safety activities across advanced defence systems and software integration programmes. Working closely with international partners, suppliers and specialist engineering teams, it helps deliver safe, reliable and innovative solutions that support ongoing aircraft capability development and operational performance.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you'll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You'll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what's most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.


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