Safety Engineer

RC Fornax Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RC Fornax Ltd in Bristol area is seeking an experienced Senior Safety Engineer to support safety assurance for in-service maritime and underwater systems. The role focuses on safety cases, ALARP assessments, and compliance across defence environments.

You will engage stakeholders, review verification evidence, and contribute to functional safety and EMC/Low Voltage compliance for submarine, sonar, and mission systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety cases and safety arguments.
• Familiarity with ALARP assessments and risk reduction.
• Experience with in-service maritime or underwater systems.
• Knowledge of verification evidence review and regulatory compliance.
• Experience engaging stakeholders in defence environments.
• Background in Functional Safety, EMC or Low Voltage compliance.

Skills

Safety Cases

ALARP

Maritime systems

Legacy safety

Verification

Stakeholder engagement

Functional Safety

EMC/Low Voltage

Defence systems

Maritime defence experience

Job description

Job Role: Senior Safety Engineer - Maritime Systems

Location: Hybird - Bristol

Seeking an experienced Safety Engineer to support the safety assurance of in-service maritime and underwater systems.

Key experience required:

• Safety Cases & Safety Arguments
• ALARP assessments
• Maritime, naval, sonar or underwater systems
• Legacy/in-service equipment safety assurance
• Verification & compliance evidence review
• Stakeholder engagement within defence environments
• Functional Safety
• EMC / Low Voltage compliance
• Defence communications or electronic systems

Experience with submarine, sonar, mission systems or wider maritime defence programmes is highly desirable.