Safety Systems Engineer - Aviation in Bristol

Energy Jobline CVL; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy job board is seeking an experienced Safety Systems Engineer for civil aerospace projects. The role involves ensuring compliance with safety standards, conducting system-level verification, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of experience in aerospace engineering and system safety engineering. The position offers a hybrid working model with capabilities for international collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in an Aerospace Engineering role.
• 6+ years of experience in System Safety Engineering.
• Proven experience with aircraft safety assessment methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Tagging of safety requirements for compliance with ARP4754A.
• Conducting system-level verification tasks align with SSAs.
• Developing safety analysis like FHAs and FTAs.

Skills

Aerospace Engineering

System Safety Engineering

Fault Tree Analysis

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

Tools

Reliability Workbench (RWB)

Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA)

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Our clients System Safety Engineering Team is seeking an experienced Aerospace System Safety Engineer to deliver safety engineering tasks required for the Certification of Boeing Commercial Aircraft. The System Safety Engineer will work closely with colleagues in Seattle to manage safety requirements and develop verification evidence.

Role: Safety Systems Engineer – Civil Aerospace

Location: Bristol or Yeovil (Hybrid working is available)

Hours: Mon‑Fri – UK working hours with occasional meetings in US time zone.

IR35 Status: Inside

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain BPSS/SC Security Clearances

Hourly Rate: Negotiable

Contract: 12 months with a possible extension.

Travel: It is expected that the successful candidate will be required to visit colleagues in the US quarterly.

Key Responsibilities

• Tagging of airplane-level, system-level, and item-level safety requirements sets to show aircraft development assurance process meets the objectives of ARP4754A and support compliance with DO178B/C and DO‑254.
• Conduct system-level verification and validation tasks aircraft safety related requirements that align to System Safety Assessments (SSAs).
• Develop and/or review safety analysis such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effect Analysis, and Common Mode Analysis to establish verification arguments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to manage safety throughout the product and service lifecycle.

Basic Qualifications / Skills & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher
• 10+ years of experience in an Aerospace Engineering role
• 6+ years of experience in a System Safety Engineering
• Proven experience with aircraft safety assessment methodologies prescribed by ARP 4761
• Proven experience with the integral process of ARP 4754)
• Proven experience with Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) using Reliability Workbench (RWB) and/or Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA)

Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Formal System Safety Engineering training or academic qualification
• Experience with developing the safety analysis for ATA 27 – Flight Controls

To be successful in your application it is a requirement that you hold UK 'right to work' at the time of application and that you can achieve a BPSS security clearance at a minimum, a full SC is required.

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