Systems Safety Engineer

SYSTRA; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada is seeking a Systems Safety Specialist (Systems Assurance) to lead safety activities across the full lifecycle, from concept through operation and change management. The role requires identifying hazards, performing risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with safety standards.

You will work with engineering, operations, quality, and regulatory stakeholders to embed safety, develop safety cases, and support certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems, safety, or related discipline.
• 10–15 years of experience in systems safety or assurance.
• Knowledge of safety lifecycle processes and systems engineering.
• Experience developing safety cases and assurance documentation.
• Familiarity with standards, regulations, and assurance frameworks.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence technical decisions across teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system safety and assurance plans.
• Perform hazard analyses (PHA, FHA, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP).
• Identify hazards and track mitigations through closure.
• Derive and manage safety requirements with traceability.
• Support design reviews to embed safety requirements.
• Prepare safety cases and assurance evidence for reviews.
• Coordinate verification and validation of safety controls.
• Assist certification activities and regulatory submissions.
• Lead safety workshops and risk reviews with stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous safety process improvements.

Skills

Systems safety

Hazard analysis

Safety cases

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Systems engineering

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Hazard logs

Safety case templates

Job description

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.

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Context

We are seeking a Systems Safety Specialist (Systems Assurance) to support the development, integration, and assurance of safe, reliable, and compliant systems across the full lifecycle. This role is responsible for identifying hazards, assessing risks, defining safety requirements, and providing independent assurance that systems meet applicable safety, regulatory, and operational standards.

The ideal candidate combines strong systems engineering capability with practical experience in safety assurance, risk management, and compliance within complex, safety-critical environments.

Missions/Main Duties

The Systems Safety Specialist will lead and support safety and assurance activities from concept through design, verification, validation, operation, and change management. The role includes conducting hazard identification and risk assessments, developing safety arguments, and ensuring that safety requirements are properly allocated, implemented, and verified.

This person will work closely with engineering, operations, quality, project management, and regulatory stakeholders to embed safety principles into system development and delivery. They will also contribute to assurance planning, audits, reviews, and governance processes to confirm that systems operate within acceptable risk tolerances.

Core Responsibilities Include

• Develop and maintain system safety and assurance plans aligned with project, customer, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform hazard analyses such as PHA, FHA, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, bowtie analysis, or similar techniques as appropriate.
• Identify, classify, and track hazards through to closure, ensuring effective mitigations are defined and implemented.
• Derive and manage safety requirements and ensure traceability across the system lifecycle.
• Support system design reviews to ensure safety requirements are embedded in architectures, interfaces, and operational concepts.
• Prepare safety cases, assurance cases, compliance evidence, and supporting documentation for internal and external review.
• Coordinate verification and validation activities related to safety requirements and risk controls.
• Assess design changes, deviations, incidents, and non-conformances for safety impact.
• Support certification, regulatory submissions, and customer assurance activities where required.
• Facilitate safety workshops and cross-functional risk reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to lessons learned, continuous improvement, and the development of safety and assurance processes, methods, and tools.
• Support Hazard Log details and workshops for C&U and SRS.

Profile/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems, safety, or a related discipline.
• 10 - 15 years Experience in systems safety, system assurance, or functional safety roles.
• Knowledge of safety lifecycle processes and systems engineering principles.
• Experience developing safety cases, hazard logs, and assurance documentation.
• Familiarity with applicable industry standards, regulations, and assurance frameworks.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and influence technical decisions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.

We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.

For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [e-mail].

Workplace Type

Hybrid