Senior System Safety Engineer (Aerospace & Defence)

Leonardo S.p.A.; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to drive safety across advanced Electronic Warfare programmes. You will own safety activities from concept to capability delivery, ensuring compliance with safety standards and maintaining critical safety artefacts.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, MoD stakeholders, and suppliers, embedding safety culture and guiding risk mitigation to ALARP while supporting certification processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in safety engineering within aerospace/defence or other safety-critical industries.
• Experience leading safety work packages and coordinating across engineering teams.
• Ability to influence system design from concept through delivery and support.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety activities across complex Electronic Warfare programmes.
• Identify and analyse hazards, develop mitigations to ALARP levels.
• Define and manage safety requirements throughout the lifecycle.
• Review subsystem safety evidence and produce certification artefacts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including customers, suppliers, and regulatory bodies.

Skills

Safety engineering

System safety analysis

Stakeholder management

Leadership of safety programmes

Tools

ARP4754B

ARP4761A

RTCA DO-254

RTCA DO-178C

Def Stan 00-056

Def Stan 00-055

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to drive safety across advanced Electronic Warfare programmes. You will own safety activities from concept to capability delivery, ensuring compliance with safety standards and maintaining critical safety artefacts.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, MoD stakeholders, and suppliers, embedding safety culture and guiding risk mitigation to ALARP while supporting certification processes.