Safety Engineer

CAE Australia; Council of the City of Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a Safety Engineer in Homebush, NSW. This role involves conducting safety assessments and analyses, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and collaborating with stakeholders. Candidates should have a degree in engineering and ideally experience in the defence industry. Hybrid working is offered with potential travel responsibilities.

Benefits

Opportunity to make a positive impact on Australian defence and security

Exciting career paths in a truly global business

Access to a generous ADF Reserve Service Policy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or similar discipline, or equivalent working experience – ideally in systems engineering.
• Preferably have experience in the defence industry.
• Experience and exposure to simulation-based environments is highly desirable.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining safety engineering frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews and provide safety input during all phases of the system development lifecycle.
• Conduct system safety analyses.
• Develop and maintain safety documentation including safety cases, hazard logs, and risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety standards.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure safety requirements are understood and met.

Job description

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest.

CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

Role Overview

As a Safety Engineer, the role will conduct activities applicable to contracted System Safety Plans in line with local and federal government safety regulations. The role will involve conducting safety assessments, hazard analysis, safety working groups and ensuring that all training systems meet applicable safety standards and regulations throughout the training system lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews and provide safety input during all phases of the system development lifecycle
• Conduct system safety analyses
• Develop and maintain safety documentation including safety cases, hazard logs and risk assessments
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety standards
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure safety requirements are understood and met

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or similar discipline, or equivalent working experience – ideally in systems engineering
• Preferably have experience in the defence industry
• Experience and exposure to simulation-based environments is highly desirable
• Proven experience developing and maintain safety engineering frameworks

Location: Homebush, NSW. We operate a hybrid working approach. Your role may involve some national and international travel

What CAE offers you

• Opportunity to make a positive impact on Australian defence and security
• Exciting career paths in a truly global business
• Access to a generous ADF Reserve Service Policy

Security requirements: You must be eligible for SECRET (NV1) level Defence security clearance, and preferably already hold a current SECRET (NV1) clearance.

EEO Statement

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception. As captured in our overarching value 'One CAE', we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.