Principal Safety Engineer – Defence Systems Leader

Copello Global; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Copello Global is seeking an experienced Principal Safety Engineer to provide technical leadership across the development of complex, safety-critical defence systems. The role is on-site in Berkshire or Gloucester and involves working with multidisciplinary engineering teams to manage safety across the product lifecycle.

The successful candidate will lead hazard analyses, develop safety cases and influence design decisions to ensure safety is embedded throughout development, including leading

Qualifications

• Experience in safety engineering within a safety-critical environment.
• Proven ability to lead hazard analysis, risk assessment and safety case development.

Responsibilities

• Leading hazard identification, safety assessments and reliability analysis.
• Producing and reviewing FMEA/FMECA, FTA and other safety analyses.
• Developing and maintaining safety cases, hazard logs and safety requirements.
• Influencing design decisions to embed safety throughout development.
• Leading safety reviews and workshops with engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers.
• Supporting design reviews, verification activities, bids and customer engagements.

Skills

Hazard analysis

FMEA/FMECA

Safety case development

Safety leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Def Stan MIL-STD knowledge

Job description

Copello Global is seeking an experienced Principal Safety Engineer to provide technical leadership across the development of complex, safety-critical defence systems. The role is on-site in Berkshire or Gloucester and involves working with multidisciplinary engineering teams to manage safety across the product lifecycle.

The successful candidate will lead hazard analyses, develop safety cases and influence design decisions to ensure safety is embedded throughout development, including leading