System Safety Engineer

LHH; Luton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment solutions firm seeks a mid-senior level Lead/Principal Safety Engineer in Luton, UK. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in safety analysis of complex systems and experience leading multi-disciplinary teams. Responsibilities include providing safety advice, conducting analyses, and ensuring compliance with safety management plans. This contract role offers an opportunity to drive safety initiatives in the defense industry.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety analysis of complex systems in safety-critical industries.
• Experience leading safety work packages across multiple teams.
• Experience across various engineering lifecycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist safety advice to support Product safety authorization.
• Ensure safety activities follow the management plan and analysis is complete.
• Identify and analyze hazards, mitigating risks to an ALARP level.
• Document and present safety assessments at Design Reviews.

Skills

Safety analysis of complex systems

Excellent written and verbal communication

Experience working with stakeholders

Passion for safety culture

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

IBM DOORS

Isograph Reliability Work Bench

Job description

Overview

Defence Lead for LHH & Recruitment solutions - recruitment on demand, SOW, Managed Recruitment/RPO. Attraction and Assessment.

Role fit

This role would suit a Lead/Principal Safety Engineer who:

• Is comfortable working across the whole system and able to quickly develop an understanding of complex interactions and dependencies
• Is familiar with aircraft level safety regulations and analysis
• Is motivated to work closely with multi-disciplined teams to get down into the detail
• Is capable of leading the delivery of system safety artefacts ensuring other teams/systems/aircraft level dependencies are identified and shared

What successful applicants will be able to do

• Provide specialist safety advice to the SDA, to support their authorization of the Product safety, in accordance with Company processes
• Ensure that safety activities conducted on the Programme, within the scope of the TDP Systems, follow the plan described in the safety management plan and that the analysis is complete and correct
• Identify and analyse intrinsic hazards, including mitigation to reduce the residual safety risks to an ALARP level for the ISANKE and ICS TDP system
• Identify and analyse functional hazards, including mitigation to reduce the residual safety risks to an ALARP level for the ISANKE and ICS TDP system
• Elicit ISANKE and ICS TDP safety requirements and flow these down to the appropriate level
• Review individual TDP Subsystem System safety analysis and incorporate the outcomes in the integrated ISANKE and ICS analysis
• Review aircraft level safety analysis and ensure it aligns with ISANKE and ICS TDP Systems safety analysis
• Document the integrated ISANKE and ICS TDP Systems safety assessment as described in the safety management plan
• Present a summary of the integrated ISANKE and ICS TDP Systems safety assessment at the ISANKE and ICS TDP Design Reviews

What we need from you

You really must have:

• Experience of safety analysis of complex systems in a safety-critical industry
• Experience across a number of engineering lifecycle phases
• Experience in leading and delivering a safety work package across multiple teams
• Experience with ARP4754B, ARP4761A, RTCA DO-254, or DO-178C (not essential)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders of varying seniorities
• A passion for promoting and improving safety culture

Nice to have

It would be nice, but not essential, if you had:

• Experience with a high degree of design complexity and significant levels of uncertainty
• Knowledge of lasers, radar systems, and/or sensors and defensive aids systems
• Awareness of Information Security
• Involvement in cross-industry safety initiatives, such as via the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) or Safety-Critical Systems Club (SCSC)

Experience with Tools

• Cameo Systems Modeler
• IBM DOORS
• Isograph Reliability Work Bench

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology

Industries

• Defense and Space Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Engineering Services