Senior Product Safety Engineer - Complex Systems

Thales Group; Crawley Down; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Group in Crawley (Hybrid) is hiring a Product Safety Manager to lead safety engineering activities across complex defence/aerospace projects. You will work within UK Safety Team, engaging with MOD programmes and UAS/autonomous platforms, developing safety plans and safety cases while mentoring junior engineers.

You will influence project safety culture, manage budgets and ensure compliance with UK/EU safety frameworks, with opportunities for career progression and structured mentorship.

Qualifications

• Experience of Systems Safety Engineering in a complex, safety-focused and regulated organisation.
• Experience implementing a safety management system at project level.
• Demonstrable experience in managing engineering work packages and budgets.
• Experience planning and delivering safety engineering programmes of work.
• Experience undertaking System Safety activities including FTA, ETA, FMEA, IHA, Hazard Logs, and safety reports.
• Knowledge of legal and regulatory frameworks for safety (UK, EU, MAA, CAA).
• Experience developing and managing safety cases and ALARP arguments.
• Ability to collaborate in an engineering environment to ensure compliance throughout the project life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Supporting bids, generating safety engineering estimates and leading work packages.
• Developing safety plans and ensuring SMS implementation at project level.
• Mentoring junior Product Safety / Systems Safety Engineers.
• Leading and managing systems safety activities and assessments.
• Ensuring products are supported by robust safety cases and evidence.
• Working in multidisciplinary teams to identify hazards and manage risks.

Skills

Safety engineering

Hazard analysis

Safety case development

Regulatory knowledge

Project budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems Safety Engineering

ALARP arguments

System Fault Tree Analysis

Event Tree Analysis

Education

Relevant subject degree

Job description

Thales Group in Crawley (Hybrid) is hiring a Product Safety Manager to lead safety engineering activities across complex defence/aerospace projects. You will work within UK Safety Team, engaging with MOD programmes and UAS/autonomous platforms, developing safety plans and safety cases while mentoring junior engineers.

You will influence project safety culture, manage budgets and ensure compliance with UK/EU safety frameworks, with opportunities for career progression and structured mentorship.