Aerospace Electrical Power Systems Safety Engineer - Hybrid

Rolls-Royce; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking an Electrical Power System Safety Engineer in the UK to join a specialist engineering team developing next-generation electrical power and control systems for aerospace defence programmes. The role is full-time, hybrid, with locations in Bristol, Derby, and Solihull.

You will work within a team of safety and reliability experts to ensure safety attributes of electrical power systems are understood and risks are managed throughout the product life cycle, influencing safety

Qualifications

• Fault tree analysis, FMECAs, and hazard/failure-condition identification on complex systems.
• Knowledge of ARP4761 or ISO 26262 and CS25-1309/Def-Stan-970 regulations.
• Proficiency with safety/reliability tools and requirement management tooling.
• Strong foundation in statistics, probability, and reliability prediction; aerospace/defence experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform system safety assessments on complex electrical power generation and distribution systems to aerospace standards.
• Identify hazards and failure conditions, maintain hazard logs, and drive mitigations through to design implementation.
• Define functional safety requirements and flow them down to designers, customers, and suppliers — then verify compliance throughout development.
• Support parts classification and work with design/system teams to ensure reliability targets are met.
• Model product degradation and failure mechanisms using deterministic and probabilistic techniques to characterise risk.

Skills

Fault tree analysis

FMECAs

ARP4761

Safety/reliability tools

Requirement management

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Mechatronics/aerospace discipline

Tools

Reliability Workbench

Block Sim

Lambda Predict

Job description

Rolls-Royce is seeking an Electrical Power System Safety Engineer in the UK to join a specialist engineering team developing next-generation electrical power and control systems for aerospace defence programmes. The role is full-time, hybrid, with locations in Bristol, Derby, and Solihull.

You will work within a team of safety and reliability experts to ensure safety attributes of electrical power systems are understood and risks are managed throughout the product life cycle, influencing safety