Product Safety Engineer

iO Associates; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

iO Associates is recruiting a Product Safety Engineer to act as the focal point for Product & System Safety Assurance, supporting bids and live programmes from early design through to certification.

This permanent role is on-site/hybrid (min 2/3 days on-site). Candidates must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC) and meet UK nationality requirements; DV desirable for future projects.

Qualifications

• Proven background delivering Product Safety Engineering/System Safety on complex, regulated systems.
• Experience leading safety analysis, risk evaluation, and safety case development.
• Strong experience owning hazard logs and running hazard identification/analysis.
• Knowledge of standards/regulatory expectations (Def Stan 00-056, IEC 61508, defence safety regulation).
• Working knowledge of CE/UKCA compliance expectations.
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Establish and deliver Safety Management Systems and Safety Plans.
• Own delivery of Product / System Safety activities across multiple programmes.
• Lead hazard identification activity and maintain hazard logs.
• Conduct safety analysis and risk evaluation (identification, estimation, reduction / ALARP).
• Produce and contribute to safety cases and certification/assurance artefacts.
• Create clear technical reports and present safety progress to stakeholders.
• Provide safety input to bids/proposals (scope, work packages, effort and schedule).

Skills

Product safety engineering

Safety analysis

Hazard logs

Regulatory knowledge

CE/UKCA compliance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job title: Product Safety Engineer (Product / System Safety)

Role type: Permanent (on-site / hybrid – min. 2/3 days per week on-site; some project phases may require up to 5 days on-site)

Locations: Surrey / Weymouth

Salary: Up to £80,000 DOE

Clearance: SC cleared or eligible (DV desirable)

iO are partnered with a specialist engineering business delivering safety-critical products and systems into highly regulated environments. Now hiring a Product Safety Engineer to act as the focal point for Product & System Safety Assurance, supporting bids and live programmes from early design through to certification / acceptance.

Role responsibilities:

• Establish and deliverSafety Management SystemsandSafety Plans
• Own delivery ofProduct / System Safetyactivities across multiple programmes
• Leadhazard identificationactivity (workshops as required) and maintainhazard logs
• Conductsafety analysisandrisk evaluation(identification, estimation, reduction / ALARP)
• Produce and contribute tosafety casesand supporting certification / assurance artefacts
• Create cleartechnical reportsand present safety progress to internal/external stakeholders
• Provide safety input tobids/proposals(scope, work packages, effort and schedule)

What we’re looking for:

• Proven background deliveringProduct Safety Engineering/System Safetyon complex systems (defence or similarly regulated domains preferred)
• Experience leadingsafety analysis, risk evaluation, and safety casedevelopment
• Strong experience owninghazard logsand running hazard identification / analysis activity
• Working knowledge of relevant standards and regulatory expectations (e.g.Def Stan 00-056,IEC 61508, defence safety regulation)
• Working knowledge ofCE / UKCAcompliance expectations
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management (engineering teams, programme leadership, customers/suppliers)

Due to the nature of this role, you must beeligible to obtain UK Security Clearance(minimum SC) and meetUK nationality requirements.