Principal Safety Engineer - Naval Systems Safety Lead

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd invites an experienced Principal Safety Engineer to lead safety assurance across naval Platform Management Systems, including surface ships and submarines. The role spans design, development, and maintenance with multi-disciplinary teams to meet safety requirements.

Responsibilities include leading safety reviews, hazard analyses (HAZOP, FMA, FTA, FMECA, LOPA), ALARP justifications and producing safety arguments and documentation for internal and external

Qualifications

• Experience in safety-related engineering environments.
• Experience leading technical activities.
• Knowledge of IEC 61508, Def Stan 00-056 and related defence standards.
• Experience with safety assurance of COTS processor-based systems and/or high-integrity software.
• Strong understanding of hardware and software failure modes.
• Experience with hazard analysis, FMECA, FTA and Functional Failure Analysis.
• Experience with risk assessment and ALARP.
• Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Master's or equivalent qualifications in Engineering/Safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety engineering activities and deliver project milestones.
• Ensure safety targets via hardware, software and firmware design.
• Lead safety reviews, audits and safety committee meetings.
• Carry out and oversee safety analysis (HAZOP, FFA, FTA, FMECA, LOPA).
• Lead risk assessments and develop ALARP justifications.
• Produce high-quality safety documentation and arguments.
• Present safety cases and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software, ILS, project and customer teams.
• Keep up to date with relevant standards and best practice.
• Mentor junior engineers as required.

Skills

Safety engineering

Technical leadership

Hazard analysis

FMECA/FTA

ALARP

Team collaboration

COTS safety systems

High-integrity software

Hardware failure modes

Software failure modes

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

HND or HNC in Safety Management

Job description

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd invites an experienced Principal Safety Engineer to lead safety assurance across naval Platform Management Systems, including surface ships and submarines. The role spans design, development, and maintenance with multi-disciplinary teams to meet safety requirements.

Responsibilities include leading safety reviews, hazard analyses (HAZOP, FMA, FTA, FMECA, LOPA), ALARP justifications and producing safety arguments and documentation for internal and external