Lead Systems Safety Engineer

ARM; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd. is seeking a Lead Systems Safety Engineer in Southampton for a 6-month contract. The role requires active SC clearance and offers pay up to £79 per hour inside IR35. The successful candidate will provide specialist safety advice and ensure safety analyses align with project plans.

The position demands a STEM degree and extensive experience in safety-critical systems, ARP4754B/4761A, and DO-254/DO-178 frameworks, with cross-team leadership across lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Hold a relevant STEM degree or equivalent.
• Experience of safety analysis of complex systems in a safety-critical industry.
• Experience across a number of engineering lifecycle phases.
• Experience in leading and delivering a safety work package across multiple teams.
• Experience with ARP4754B, ARP4761A, RTCA DO-254, or DO-178C (Desirable).
• Knowledge of lasers, radar systems, and/or sensors and defensive aids systems (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist safety advice to the SDA, to support their authorization of the Product safety, in accordance with Company processes.
• Ensure safety activities conducted on the Programme follow the safety management plan and that the analysis is complete and correct.
• Identify and analyse intrinsic hazards and mitigate to ALARP for the ISANKE and ICStDP system.
• Identify and analyse functional hazards and mitigate to ALARP for the ISANKE and ICStDP system.
• Elicit ISANKE and ICStDP safety requirements and flow them down to the appropriate level.
• Review TDP Subsystem safety analyses and incorporate outcomes into the integrated ISANKE and ICStDP analysis.
• Review aircraft level safety analysis and ensure alignment with ISANKE and ICStDP analyses.
• Document the integrated ISANKE and ICStDP TDP Systems safety assessment as described in the safety management plan.
• Present a summary of the integrated ISANKE and ICStDP TDP Systems safety assessment at the Design Reviews.

Skills

Safety analysis

Systems engineering

Team leadership

Lifecycle experience

AR/DO-254/DO-178

Education

STEM degree or equivalent

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

IBM DOORS

Adelard ASCE

Isograph Reliability Work Bench

Job description

Lead Systems Safety Engineer

Location: Southampton

Contract: 6-months
Pay:Up to£79p/h (Inside IR35)

Please note that due to the nature of the work you will need to already hold active SC security clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist safety advice to the SDA, to support their authorization of the Product safety, in accordance with Company processes
• Ensuring that safety activities conducted on the Programme, within the scope of the TDP Systems, follow the plan described in the safety management plan and that the analysis is complete and correct.
• Identifying and analysing intrinsic hazards, including mitigation to reduce the residual safety risks to an ALARP level for the ISANKE and ICStDP system
• Identifying and analysing functional hazards, including mitigation to reduce the residual safety risks to an ALARP level for the ISANKE and ICStDP system
• Eliciting ISANKE and ICStDP safety requirements and flowing these down to the appropriate level
• Reviewing individual TDP Subsystem System safety analysis and incorporating the outcomes in the integrated ISANKE and ICStDP analysis.
• Review aircraft level safety analysis and ensure it aligns with ISANKE and ICStDP TDP Systems safety analysis
• Documenting the integrated ISANKE and ICStDP TDP Systems safety assessment as described in the safety management plan.
• Presenting a summary of the integrated ISANKE and ICStDP TDP Systems safety assessment at the ISANKE and ICStDP TDP Design Reviews.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Hold A relevant STEM degree or Similar
• Experience of safety analysis of complex systems in a safety-critical industry
• Experience across a number of engineering lifecycle phases
• Experience in leading and delivery a safety work package across multiple teams
• Experience with ARP4754B, ARP4761A, RTCA DO-254, or DO-178C (Desirable)
• Knowledge of lasers, radar systems, and/or sensors and defensive aids systems (Desirable)
• Experience with any of the following tools will be a plus: Cameo Systems Modeler / IBM DOORS / Adelard ASCE / Isograph Reliability Work Bench