Senior Software Assurance & Functional Safety Consultant

KBR; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with annual reviews

25 days’ annual leave + buy-up to 5

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave and family‑or‑

Company pension scheme

Professional development support for C

Private healthcare and life assurance

Performance‑related bonus scheme

Professional institution membership

Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket

Tailored flexible benefits

Job summary

Frazer-Nash is looking for a Software Assurance & Functional Safety Consultant to support clients in the development and assurance of safety-related software and complex programmable systems. You will lead technical activities, mentor juniors, and contribute to client relationships, bids and capability growth across the practice.

The role covers civil and defence programmes involving embedded and real-time systems, with flexible hybrid working and travel to client locations.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified or equivalent in Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering or Safety Engineering.
• Experience developing, verifying, or assuring software for safety-critical systems.
• Strong understanding of functional safety principles and hazard-driven requirements.
• Ability to assess structured engineering evidence: requirements, architecture, traceability, verification, and change management.
• Practical understanding of embedded and real-time software, interfaces, and verification techniques.
• Ability to identify assurance gaps and communicate proportionate recommendations.
• Excellent technical writing and ability to explain concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to deliver work to agreed time, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver software assurance and functional safety activities across system and software lifecycles.
• Develop and review software assurance plans, safety plans, development plans, compliance matrices, and assurance strategies.
• Derive, allocate, and assess software safety requirements from system hazards, safety analyses, and functional safety concepts.
• Assess software architectures, development processes, tools, verification approaches, configuration management, and change control.
• Review lifecycle evidence, including requirements, designs, code, test specifications, traceability, coverage, analyses, and problem reports.
• Conduct independent assurance activities, audits, gap assessments, and supplier reviews, clearly documenting findings, risks, and recommended actions.
• Support the development of safety cases and structured assurance arguments, ensuring claims are backed by traceable and credible evidence.
• Advise clients on the proportionate application of relevant standards, including tailoring, independence requirements, assurance levels, and compliance objectives.
• Build trusted client relationships and contribute to business development, bids, methodologies, and capability development initiatives.

Skills

Degree qualifications

Software assurance

Functional safety

Evidence assessment

Embedded/real-time software

Hazard-driven requirements

Technical writing

Project delivery

Education

Degree in Software Eng / Electrical / Systems / Safety Eng

Job description

Frazer-Nash is looking for a Software Assurance & Functional Safety Consultant to support clients in the development and assurance of safety-related software and complex programmable systems. You will lead technical activities, mentor juniors, and contribute to client relationships, bids and capability growth across the practice.

The role covers civil and defence programmes involving embedded and real-time systems, with flexible hybrid working and travel to client locations.