Product Safety Engineer

Thales Group; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Safety Engineer to join their dynamic UK team. This role offers the chance to work across civil and defence sectors, engaging with cutting-edge technologies and systems. You'll support Product Safety Managers in delivering complex safety programmes and contribute to safety cases for various products. With a commitment to employee development, this organization provides a flexible working environment and opportunities for career advancement. If you're passionate about safety engineering and eager to learn, this position could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Strong pension contribution

Market leading training

Relocation support

Mentorship opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Systems Safety Engineering in regulated sectors.
• Ability to prepare Safety Cases and understand ALARP principles.

Responsibilities

• Support Product Safety Managers in delivering safety programmes.
• Contribute to development of safety cases and safety artefacts.

Skills

Systems Safety Engineering

Communication Skills

Complex Problem Solving

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Tools

System Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

Event Tree Analysis (ETA)

FMECA

Interface Hazard Analysis (IHA)

Job description

Location: Building 550 - Bristol Business Park, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Product Safety Engineer

We are looking for a Safety Engineer to join our UK team; base location is flexible, but ideally one of Reading, Bristol, Templecombe, Crawley, Glasgow or Belfast.

As a Safety Engineer you will have the opportunity to work across our different businesses gaining experience in the civil and defence sectors, and in the land, aviation, maritime and autonomy domains.

Thales develops and engineers cutting edge products and technologies such as autonomous platforms (air and maritime), high performance sonar arrays, Air Traffic Management systems, electronic warfare & counter measure systems, to name a few. As part of the UK Safety, Environmental and Certification Capability (SECC) you will have the opportunity to contribute to and develop your knowledge of these systems and the safety considerations.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Product Safety Managers in delivering complex safety programmes associated with a variety of Thales products, systems and services.
• Applying and leveraging your knowledge of Systems Safety Engineering to complex systems.
• Undertaking Systems Safety activities and assessment to influence design.
• Contributing to the development of safety cases and other key safety artefacts.
• Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks.

About You

You will be able to work across a range of activities at various stages of the systems engineering lifecycle.

You will thrive on doing something different every day and be comfortable with ambiguity.

You will have a strong desire to learn new things.

You will be a good communicator at all levels, able to understand and decompose complexity and present it in simple terms.

Here’s What You’ll Need

• A degree, or equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject area
• Experience of Systems Safety Engineering activities in a complex, safety focussed and regulated organisation, such as rail, aerospace, nuclear or oil & gas
• Experience of preparing Safety Cases and familiar with ALARP principles and arguments
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking Systems Safety activities including System Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Common Cause Failure Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Interface Hazard Analysis (IHA), System Hazard Logs, System Hazard Analysis Reports
• Ability to work collaboratively in an engineering development environment, ensuring Systems Safety compliance is achieved throughout the project life cycle
• Experience in the application of standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508, ARP4761, DO178 etc.
• Professional qualification or working towards professional qualification (e.g. IEng/CEng)

Security Clearance Statement

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we can offer

We are committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribute, private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provided towards academic and membership attainments.

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment,if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Teamfor graduate and apprentice roles.

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