Lead System Safety Engineer – Aerospace & Defense

Leonardo; Luton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension & Benefits

Wellbeing support

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Leonardo UK in Luton seeks a Senior System Safety Engineer to lead safety activities across complex Electronic Warfare programmes, guiding safety throughout design, development and deployment. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, military users, and MoD stakeholders to ensure high safety, compliance and performance.

The role emphasizes embedding safety from concept to capability delivery, with experience in safety-critical industries and a strong safety culture essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience conducting system safety analysis within a safety-critical industry.
• Experience leading safety work packages and coordinating across engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; able to influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Leading safety assessments and ensuring activities align with Safety Management Plans.
• Identifying and mitigating hazards to ALARP levels.
• Defining and managing safety requirements throughout the lifecycle.
• Reviewing subsystem safety evidence and integrating findings into system-level assessments.

Skills

System safety analysis

Safety programmes

Stakeholder management

Safety lifecycle

Job description

Leonardo UK in Luton seeks a Senior System Safety Engineer to lead safety activities across complex Electronic Warfare programmes, guiding safety throughout design, development and deployment. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, military users, and MoD stakeholders to ensure high safety, compliance and performance.

The role emphasizes embedding safety from concept to capability delivery, with experience in safety-critical industries and a strong safety culture essential.