Principal Systems Safety Engineer – Aerospace & Defense

Leonardo UK Ltd; Easter Howgate; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Coursera/LinkedIn Learning access

Referral programme

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Edinburgh seeks a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer specialized in Product Safety to assure safe, certifiable products across the system lifecycle. You will identify safety risks, provide robust evidence for decisions, and support certification activities within integrated project teams.

You will lead and contribute to hazard analyses, safety cases, and safety assurance, working with systems, software, hardware and integration teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related STEM discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering Product Safety engineering activities within a complex engineering environment.
• Knowledge of multiple phases of the engineering lifecycle and interaction between safety, systems engineering and design disciplines.
• Experience applying recognised safety analysis techniques such as FHA, PHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, Hazard Logs and Safety Cases.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience producing high-quality technical reports, safety evidence and engineering documentation.
• Ability to work independently whilst collaborating within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Product Safety engineering activities across multiple phases of the system lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain hazard analyses, safety assessments, safety cases and associated evidence.
• Identify, analyse and manage product safety risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies.
• Support certification, qualification and acceptance activities with customers and assurance authorities.
• Work closely with systems, software, hardware and integration teams to ensure safety requirements are implemented.
• Investigate and support resolution of safety incidents and emerging technical issues.
• Ensure traceability between hazards, requirements, mitigations and verification evidence.
• Support design reviews, gate reviews and engineering assurance activities.
• Lead or support safety work packages, planning activities and reporting progress against project objectives.
• Provide peer review, technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of safety engineering processes, methods and tools.

Skills

Hazard analysis

Safety engineering

Systems engineering

Technical reporting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM

Tools

FHA

PHA

FTA

FMEA/FMECA

Hazard Logs

Safety Cases

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd in Edinburgh seeks a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer specialized in Product Safety to assure safe, certifiable products across the system lifecycle. You will identify safety risks, provide robust evidence for decisions, and support certification activities within integrated project teams.

You will lead and contribute to hazard analyses, safety cases, and safety assurance, working with systems, software, hardware and integration teams.