Lead Safety Engineer — Safety Cases & Strategy (Hybrid)

General Dynamics Missions System International; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible benefits

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems UK is seeking a Principal Safety Engineer to lead safety engineering activities across defence programmes and product development initiatives, ensuring regulatory and customer requirements are met.

You will develop Safety Cases, manage Safety Management Programmes, and provide expert guidance across land, maritime and air domains, with a focus on strategic leadership and hands-on technical delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading safety engineering in large-scale, safety-critical systems.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a Safety Engineering capability.
• Strong experience developing and managing Safety Case Plans/Reports, Safety/Environmental Cases, and Software Safety programmes.
• Knowledge of Def Stan 00-051/00-055/00-056, IEC 61508 and related standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver safety engineering activities across defence programmes and customer-funded projects.
• Manage Safety Management Programmes and develop robust Safety Cases.
• Provide expert guidance to programmes and stakeholders to ensure regulatory, customer and company standards.
• Influence programme delivery and grow the organisation's safety capability.

Skills

Safety Engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Systems thinking

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

Event Tree Analysis (ETA)

HAZOP Studies

GSN

Safety Cases

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems UK is seeking a Principal Safety Engineer to lead safety engineering activities across defence programmes and product development initiatives, ensuring regulatory and customer requirements are met.

You will develop Safety Cases, manage Safety Management Programmes, and provide expert guidance across land, maritime and air domains, with a focus on strategic leadership and hands-on technical delivery.