Product Safety Engineer

Thales; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private healthcare

Relocation support

Pension scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Thales UK is seeking a senior Product Safety Engineer for hybrid roles based in Crawley, Bristol or Reading. You will contribute to defence, aerospace and space safety programmes and support UK MOD naval projects with expert safety engineering.

You will develop safety plans, perform comprehensive hazard analyses and mentor others, ensuring robust safety cases across project lifecycles. SC clearance is advantageous and UK residence guidelines apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in Systems Safety, Product Safety or Safety Engineering within defence or safety-critical industries.
• Experience preparing Safety Cases and familiarity with ALARP principles.
• Demonstrable experience performing systems safety activities and analyses (FTA, ETA, CCF, FFA, FMECA, IHA, SHLs).
• Ability to work collaboratively to ensure safety compliance across the project life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement safety plans at the project level.
• Apply Systems Safety Engineering to complex systems and mentor junior engineers.
• Carry out systems safety activities and assessments.
• Ensure products are supported by robust safety cases and evidence.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to identify and manage hazards and risks.

Skills

Systems Safety

Product Safety

Safety Engineering

ALARP principles

Hazard analysis

Tools

FTA

ETA

FMEA/FMECA

IHA

System Hazard Logs

Job description

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Product Safety Engineer

Bristol, Crawley or Reading - Hybrid.

Thales develop and engineer 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.

We’re expanding our central safety team, which operate across highly critical development programmes and serve as a Thales UK Subject Matter Expert function. The position of Product Safety Engineer is a senior level position and will work closely alongside Safety Managers.

You’ll have opportunity to work on several high value, high visibility programmes, directly supporting the UK MOD and allied Naval projects. You’ll be supported by a vast network of specialist safety professionals and have access to enhanced learning, training and academic support programmes to elevate your career through our various partnerships and internal development programmes.

As a Product Safety Engineer at Thales, your day to day responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Developing safety plans & ensuring the implementation at project level
• Applying and leveraging your knowledge of Systems Safety Engineering to complex systems and supporting/mentoring junior Product Safety / Systems Safety Engineers
• Undertaking systems safety activities and assessments
• Ensuring that Thales products are supported by robust safety cases and evidence
• Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks
• Undertaking Systems Safety activities and assessment
• Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks
• Working across a range of activities at various stages of the systems engineering lifecycle.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of Systems Safety, Product Safety or Safety Engineering activities in defence would preferred, but we are equally open to considering experience from safety critical industries i.e. aerospace, medical, oil & gas, rail or automotive.
• 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

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’re 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 bonus, a strong pension contribute plan matched up to 7%, Private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities

At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring.