Senior Safety Engineer

Overview:

You will be regarded as the company's safety subject matter expert. You will be acting as Functional Safety Manager (for all safety lifecycle phases) for the development of new and existing products and features. You will be a key technical partner to multidisciplinary engineering teams, collaborating directly to develop robust safety-by-design solutions by leading the system safety engineering process, defining safety requirements, conducting hazard analyses, and authoring safety cases that underpin cutting-edge mission systems.

Day-to-day duties include:

• Hazard identification and risk assessments (e.g. FMEDA, HAZOP) for complex electronic systems.
• Develop and maintain safety cases and safety management plans in line with industry standards such as IEC 61508, DEF STAN 00-056, or equivalent.
• Manage product safety analysis, including Hazard Log, Safety and Environmental Case Report, Hazard Materials Analysis, Environmental Impact Assessment, FMEDA, etc.
• Define safety requirements and ensure they are traceable through system design and verification processes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of safety processes and methodologies.
• Working closely with sub-contractors to ensure understanding and adherence to safety and environmental requirements.

Essential skills:

• Bachelors degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Eligible for UK GOVT security clearance ( SC min)
• Demonstrable experience in safety engineering within defence, automotive, or other high-integrity industries.
• Strong knowledge of military safety standards (e.g. DEF STAN 00-055 and DEF STAN 00-056).
• Strong knowledge of safety standards such as IEC 61508 or ISO 26262, and the following related activities: Safety planning, Hardware and Software development, Fault Tree Analysis, FMEA/FMECA , Reliability (SIL) calculations, Product safety manuals
• Experience with risk assessment techniques such as FMEDA and hazard analysis.

Highly Desirable:

Knowledge of Military Land Systems Engineering.

Experience with embedded systems or defence electronics.

Knowledge of cyber-security considerations in safety-critical systems

Current UK security clearance (SC or DV)