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Job summary

A leading company in the aerospace sector seeks a seasoned System Safety Engineer to play a crucial role in developing integrated sensing and communications technologies for air combat platforms. This high-profile position involves safety analyses, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring compliance with stringent safety standards.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in system safety engineering.
  • Familiarity with ARP4754B, ARP4761A, DO-254, DO-178C standards.
  • Strong communication and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of safety artefacts across complex systems.
  • Conduct safety analyses ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Identify hazards and define mitigation strategies.

Skills

Safety-critical environments
Safety processes
Communication
Stakeholder engagement
Technical writing

Job description

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Are you a seasoned safety professional with a passion for cutting-edge aerospace systems? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a System Safety Engineer to play a pivotal role in the development of next-generation integrated sensing and communications technologies for future air combat platforms.

This position is part of a high-profile programme delivering an Integrated Sensor and Non-Kinetic Effects (ISANKE) and Integrated Communications Systems (ICS) suite, which will be flight-tested on an advanced demonstrator aircraft.

Key Accountabilities – System Safety Engineer

  • Lead the development and delivery of safety artefacts across complex, integrated subsystems.
  • Conduct and coordinate safety analyses at both system and aircraft levels, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and best practices.
  • Provide expert safety guidance and assurance to support system design authority decisions.
  • Identify intrinsic and functional hazards, define and support mitigations to ensure residual risks are reduced to ALARP.
  • Develop and manage safety requirements and ensure their correct allocation throughout the system architecture.
  • Review and integrate safety analyses from multiple subsystem teams into a cohesive system-level assessment.

Skills and knowledge required - System Safety Engineer

  • Proven experience in system safety engineering within safety-critical environments.
  • Strong knowledge of safety processes across the engineering lifecycle.
  • Familiarity with standards such as ARP4754B, ARP4761A, DO-254 or DO-178C.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead safety activities and manage cross-functional inputs.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and technical writing skills.
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