System Safety Engineer

Airbus; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Contributory pension

Share options

Car leasing scheme

Free onsite parking

Season ticket loan

Tax-free technology scheme

Shopping discounts

Bupa health insurance

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Airbus in Filton, United Kingdom, is seeking a system safety and reliability specialist. You will ensure safety compliance across aircraft systems, contributing to safety analyses and integration activities in a collaborative environment.

The role requires a university degree in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering and proven experience in safety processes, with opportunities for mobility within Airbus and international projects.

Qualifications

• University degree in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering.
• Proven experience in Aeronautical engineering, ideally in Safety & Reliability Engineering.
• Good knowledge of Aircraft Systems and experience with Safety processes, regulations and guidelines (CS/AC 25.1309, ARP 4761, ARP 4754A).

Responsibilities

• Review systems design and in-service solutions to understand how failures affect operation.
• Contribute to safety validation and verification activities at systems level.
• Generate and review Safety Assessments and Analyses for Aircraft Systems (FHA, pSSA, SSA, Fault Trees).
• Generate and review Common Cause Analyses (Particular Risk Analyses, Zonal Safety Analysis).
• Support System Design Teams and suppliers to ensure safety objectives compliance.
• Liaise with Chief Engineer and Design Team Leaders regarding aircraft safety risks and mitigation.

Skills

Aeronautical engineering

Safety & reliability

Aircraft systems knowledge

Safety regulations (CS/AC 25.1309…

Education

University degree in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Job Description

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check) TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel LOCATION: Filton TYPE: Full time

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax‑free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more

Work / Life Balance

35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday

Personal Development

Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

Health & Wellbeing

Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle‑to‑work scheme, on‑site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation

Family and Caregiving

Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving and purpose built maternity rooms on site

Inclusive Environment

Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

The team of around 70 safety engineers is based in five separate locations around Europe and is accountable for the safety activities (functional and physical) for all Airbus aircraft systems. The Safety & Reliability team is key in ensuring that systems architectures and their integration on the aircraft comply with the latest airworthiness regulations and safety processes.

As a system safety & reliability specialist, you will play an integral part in ensuring that all Airbus products are developed, designed, produced and supported according to the state‑of‑art and the relevant safety standards (associated to airworthiness regulations).

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

• Review systems design and in‑service solutions through understanding how failures will affect systems operation
• Contribute to the safety 'validation and verification' activities at systems level
• Generate and review Safety Assessment and Analyses for Aircraft Systems (FHA, pSSA, SSA, Fault Trees, Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments)
• Generate and review Common Cause Analyses such as Particular Risk Analyses, Zonal Safety Analysis and Common Mode Analyses
• Support the System Design Teams and suppliers to ensure compliance against the safety objectives.
• Liaise with key stakeholders e.g. Chief Engineer, Design Team Leaders regarding risks that will affect the safety of the aircraft and work closely with these stakeholders to manage these risks
• Analyse in‑service occurrences to ensure safety compliance of the In‑Service fleet.

ABOUT YOU

You will be a naturally curious individual with a passion for learning new skills.

University degree in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering. Proven experience in Aeronautical engineering, ideally in the field of Safety and Reliability Engineering. Good knowledge of Aircraft Systems Experience of Safety processes, regulations and guidelines (CS/AC 25.1309, ARP 4761, ARP 4754A).

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HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part‑time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long‑term condition and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you.

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