Product Security Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Product Security Engineer

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £45,326 – £52,426 dependent on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

As a Product Security Engineer you will be helping Future Combat Air System (FCAS) stakeholders to clearly understand their exposure to security threats / risks and put in place pragmatic and cost effective controls. Day to day tasks will include things like:

• Understanding business and product risk context (typical business drivers, security threats and implementation challenges)
• Judging risk at a technical and business process level and clearly articulate both verbally and in writing to key stakeholders
• Reviewing effectiveness of controls and proposing proportionate security improvements
• Analysing and researching security technologies to support the development of innovative solutions
• Applying standard frameworks or relevant BAE Systems intellectual property rights (IPR)/standard approaches
• Leading the creation of risk assessment/reports

Your skills and experiences:

• A background within either Systems Engineering, Risk Management, Product Safety or Reliability Engineering
• STEM Degree or equivalent
• Ability to articulate and pitch advice, often at a technical level, directly to key customer stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills as well as both written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, work well under pressure and concurrently manage both customer and BAE Systems expectations

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The FCAS Product security team:

This role will provide the opportunity to work with colleagues from across the breadth of BAES FCAS programmes and partner companies. The role is mostly Warton site based but it is likely to involve some travel to other BAE Systems sites, partner sites, customer sites, and occasional international travel.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 15th May 2024

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.