_{21st October, 2025}

Product Safety & Reliability Engineer
Portland, Dorset
Up to £50,000 + excellent benefits

Are you experienced in Product Safety and Reliability Engineering within the Defence or high-integrity sectors? My client, a leading technology company supplying the Defence industry, is looking for a motivated engineer to support multiple projects throughout the full product lifecycle.
  
In this varied role, you’ll be at the heart of ensuring product safety, reliability, and compliance from development through to in-service support. Working within the Supportability Engineering Team, you’ll collaborate closely with Safety, ILS, and Design Engineers to deliver high-quality, compliant products.
  
What you’ll be doing

• Performing Product Safety testing and analysis to ensure compliance with Safety and Environmental standards.
• Generating and maintaining Materials and Components Lists, datasheet libraries, and compliance documentation.
• Conducting Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis and preparing detailed reports.
• Producing Reliability predictions at component and system level.
• Maintaining Data Reporting and Corrective Action System records and contributing to project review meetings.
• Supporting wider ILS tasks, including Maintainability Task Analysis and Obsolescence Risk management when required.

What you’ll need

• Experience in the Defence or related sectors
• Familiarity with Defence Safety and Reliability Standards.
• HND (or higher) in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Working towards or holding EngTech registration.
• Experience with Reliability and Safety data collection and analysis.
• Strong computer literacy (MS Office), excellent communication skills, and high attention to detail.
• Ability to hold or obtain UK Security Clearance (SC level).

If you’re looking for a technically engaging role where you can shape the safety and reliability of advanced defence systems, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
  
Lewis Phillips
Verso Recruitment Group
lphillips@versorecruitment.com
01582 369359

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