Safety Management System Engineer – Aerospace & Defense

Thunderstrike Aviation; Odense; Presencial; DKK 900.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Thunderstrike Aviation seeks a leader to build and implement a Safety Management System from the ground up. The role focuses on product and flight safety, creating a culture where employees report concerns openly.

You will develop policies, reporting processes, training, and governance, coordinating across engineering, quality and operations to ensure effective safety actions and compliance.

Formación

• Experience with Safety Management Systems in aerospace or aviation.
• Knowledge of safety reporting culture and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to conduct risk assessments and hazard management.
• Experience with root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Familiarity with governance, policies and safety training processes.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement the Safety Management System (SMS) including policies, procedures and reporting processes.
• Establish processes for safety reporting, risk assessment and follow-up.
• Develop safety communication, awareness and training across the organization.
• Facilitate investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams when safety issues or product risks are identified.
• Support escalation and communication with stakeholders when significant safety issues arise.

Conocimientos

SMS in aerospace

Safety reporting

Risk assessment

Hazard management

Root cause analysis

Corrective actions

Policies and governance

Training & safety communication

Descripción del empleo

The role

Your primary responsibility will be to build and implement Thunderstrike Aviation's Safety Management System (SMS) from the ground up.

The overall framework and key elements have been identified, but the policies, processes, training, communication and reporting mechanisms now need to be developed and implemented across the organization.

This is about product and flight safety – not occupational health and safety. A central part of the role is creating a culture and system where employees can report potential safety concerns openly.

• Develop and implement the Safety Management System (SMS), including policies, procedures and reporting processes.
• Establish effective processes for safety reporting, risk assessment and follow-up.
• Develop safety communication, awareness and training across the organization.
• Facilitate investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams when safety issues or potential product risks are identified.
• Support processes for assessment, corrective actions, escalation and communication with relevant stakeholders when significant safety issues arise, including for UAS already in operation.

What we are looking for

We are looking for someone with practical experience in Safety Management Systems within aerospace or aviation.

You should understand how to establish and operate an SMS and be comfortable working with:

• Safety reporting and safety culture
• Risk assessment and hazard management
• Root cause and corrective actions
• Policies, procedures and governance
• Training and safety communication

Experience with AS9100 and aerospace regulatory environments, defense, UAS, or other safety-critical industries is relevant, and direct SMS experience is particularly valuable.

You do not need to be the deepest technical specialist in every aspect of aircraft safety. The role is primarily system-oriented. Your responsibility is to establish the framework, facilitate the process and bring the right technical specialists together to assess risks and determine appropriate actions.

About you

You are structured, independent and comfortable building something that does not yet fully exist.

You can work across Engineering, Quality, Operations and Flight Test, and you are able to create trust around sensitive safety issues while still ensuring that findings are followed through to clear actions.

Most importantly, you combine a systematic approach to safety with the ability to make the SMS work in practice across the organization.

EU citizenship and eligibility for required NATO security clearance are required for the role.