Senior Systems Safety Engineer – Defence Autonomy (Hybrid)

Future Talent Group; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension matched up to 10%

Private medical

25 days leave + Bank Holidays

Hybrid working

Job summary

Future Talent Group is seeking a Senior / Principal Systems Safety Engineer to join the UK Defence Autonomy team in Bristol with hybrid working. You will embed within cross-disciplinary product squads, aligning agility with compliance and safety governance.

You will own safety artefacts (FHA, FMECA, CCA, PSSA/SSA), drive risk-based safety, and oversee the safety case end-to-end while collaborating with design and test teams. UK security clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in system safety techniques and reasoning across UK/international regulatory landscape.
• Familiarity with software/complex electronic hardware safety assurance.
• Eligibility for UK security clearance.
• Willingness to travel internationally.
• Embedded, cross-disciplinary collaboration experience.

Responsibilities

• Build a proportionate, risk-based safety approach tailored to actual risk.
• Own design safety artefacts (FHA, FMECA, CCA, PSSA/SSA) to regulatory standards.
• Track the safety case end-to-end and flag risks early.
• Assess safety impact of changes in real time with design and test teams.
• Act as the safety voice within a cross-disciplinary engineering team.

Skills

System safety

Regulatory landscape

Safety assurance

Security clearance eligibility

Job description

Future Talent Group is seeking a Senior / Principal Systems Safety Engineer to join the UK Defence Autonomy team in Bristol with hybrid working. You will embed within cross-disciplinary product squads, aligning agility with compliance and safety governance.

You will own safety artefacts (FHA, FMECA, CCA, PSSA/SSA), drive risk-based safety, and oversee the safety case end-to-end while collaborating with design and test teams. UK security clearance eligibility is required.