Senior Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer — AI/Defence Leader

Snc-Lavalin; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holidays

Competitive salaries

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior/Principal Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer to deliver safety engineering and assurance for autonomous, AI-enabled systems in Defence. You will develop safety cases, manage hazard logs, perform risk assessments and allocate safety requirements across lifecycles.

You will provide technical leadership, advise regulators and customers, and mentor junior safety engineers while contributing to capability growth and bid activity in a hybrid work environment within the

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance activities within UK Defence, Aerospace or another safety-critical industry.
• Experience developing and maintaining Safety Cases, Safety Assessments, Hazard Logs and assurance arguments in line with recognised defence standards and good practice.
• Strong understanding of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk management and safety requirements methodologies.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and their application across the engineering lifecycle.
• Experience working on safety-critical, mission-critical, high-integrity, software-intensive, AI-enabled or autonomous systems.
• Knowledge of UK Defence safety frameworks, including Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-055 and associated assurance expectations.
• Experience supporting certification, assurance or acceptance of safety-critical systems.
• Experience applying or developing assurance approaches for autonomous or AI-enabled systems, including emerging frameworks such as AMLAS, SACE or equivalent.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, customers, regulators and assurance authorities through clear, evidence-based technical advice.
• Degree qualified, or equivalent experience, in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or a related STEM discipline.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting the development, maintenance and delivery of Safety Cases, Safety Assessments and assurance arguments for autonomous and AI-enabled systems.
• Managing Hazard Logs and supporting hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management activities, including techniques such as FHA, STPA and Bow Tie Analysis.
• Deriving, allocating and verifying safety requirements throughout the lifecycle of complex autonomous, software-intensive and AI-enabled systems.
• Applying recognised defence safety standards and assurance frameworks, including Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-055 and emerging autonomy and AI assurance approaches.
• Providing strategic and technical leadership as a Subject Matter Expert for autonomous systems safety across programmes and bids.
• Engaging with Defence customers, regulators, assurance bodies and industry working groups to support acceptance and certification.
• Providing safety engineering guidance to systems, software, hardware, integration and data specialist teams.
• Producing clear, robust and well-structured technical reports, safety documentation and client deliverables.
• Supporting business development, capability growth and the mentoring of more junior safety engineers and consultants.

Skills

Safety engineering

Hazard analysis

Safety cases

Def Stan 00-056

Def Stan 00-055

Autonomous systems

AI-enabled systems

Defence safety frameworks

Certification support

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Technical leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Mathematics

Physics

Computer Science

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior/Principal Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer to deliver safety engineering and assurance for autonomous, AI-enabled systems in Defence. You will develop safety cases, manage hazard logs, perform risk assessments and allocate safety requirements across lifecycles.

You will provide technical leadership, advise regulators and customers, and mentor junior safety engineers while contributing to capability growth and bid activity in a hybrid work environment within the