Safety Systems Engineer

Owen Daniels; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Professional development

Pension contribution

Job summary

Owen Daniels is seeking an experienced Safety Systems Engineer to deliver functional and system safety across a portfolio of complex engineering projects in Portsmouth. The role focuses on robust safety processes, compliance and assurance throughout the lifecycle.

The position is permanent, offering £40,000 - £50,000 annually with private healthcare, life assurance and pension contributions. You will lead safety analyses and ensure traceability of safety requirements across design, verification

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Familiarity with safety standards such as Def Stan, IEC 61508, or MIL-STD frameworks.
• Proven experience in safety engineering within defence or safety-critical environments.
• Experience producing safety cases, hazard analysis, and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver system and functional safety across multiple concurrent, safety-critical engineering projects
• Develop and maintain Safety Management Plans, safety cases, and assurance documentation
• Lead hazard identification and risk analysis activities (HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA) and manage hazard logs
• Ensure safety requirements traceability through design, verification, validation, and evidence generation
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and support safety reviews, audits, and regulatory engagement

Skills

Safety engineering

Hazard analysis

Requirements traceability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in Systems/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

Def Stan

IEC 61508

MIL-STD

Job description

Our client is a highly innovative engineering organisation delivering complex, safety-critical projects within a regulated environment. This is an opportunity to work on challenging, multidisciplinary programmes across the full engineering lifecycle.

We are seeking an experienced Safety Systems Engineer to deliver functional and system safety across a portfolio of complex engineering projects. This role will play a key part in ensuring robust safety processes, compliance, and assurance throughout the full engineering lifecycle.

Safety Systems Engineer

Permanent £40,000 - £50,000 Portsmouth

Responsibilities

• Deliver system and functional safety across multiple concurrent, safety-critical engineering projects
• Develop and maintain Safety Management Plans, safety cases, and assurance documentation
• Lead hazard identification and risk analysis activities (HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA) and manage hazard logs
• Ensure safety requirements traceability through design, verification, validation, and evidence generation
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and support safety reviews, audits, and regulatory engagement

Essential Skills and Experience

• Degree in Systems, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
• Familiarity with safety standards such as Def Stan, IEC 61508, or MIL-STD frameworks
• Proven experience in safety engineering within defence or safety-critical environments
• Experience producing safety cases, hazard analysis, and risk assessments

Benefits

• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Professional development
• Pension contribution