System Safety Engineer - Civil Aerospace

ARM; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist talent acquisition consultancy is looking for a System Safety Engineer for a 12-month contract based in Yeovil or Bristol. The role involves tagging safety requirements, conducting verification tasks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure aircraft safety compliance. Candidates should possess a relevant Bachelor's Degree or equivalent industry experience and have formal System Safety Engineering training.

Qualifications

• Relevant industry experience may substitute for a degree.
• Formal System Safety Engineering training or academic qualification is required.
• Proven experience with aircraft safety assessment methodologies prescribed by ARP 4761.

Responsibilities

• Tag safety requirements for aircraft development assurance process.
• Conduct system-level verification and validation for safety requirements.
• Develop and review safety analyses like FHAs and FTAs.
• Collaborate with teams to manage safety across the lifecycle.

Skills

System Safety Engineering training

Experience with ATA 27 - Flight Controls

Aircraft safety assessment methodologies

Fault Tree Analysis experience using RWB/CAFTA

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Higher

Job description

System Safety Engineer (Civil Aerospace)

Yeovil OR Bristol

12-Month Contract

Paying up to £72p/h DOE - (Inside IR35)

Key Responsibilities:

• Tagging of airplane-level, system-level, and item-level safety requirements sets to show aircraft development assurance process meets the objectives of ARP4754A and support compliance with DO178B/C and DO-254
• Conduct system-level verification and validation tasks for aircraft safety-related requirements that align to System Safety Assessments (SSAs).
• Develop and/or review safety analysis such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and Common Mode Analysis to establish verification arguments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to manage safety throughout the product and service lifecycle.

Required Skillset:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher OR relevant industry experience
• Formal System Safety Engineering training or academic qualification
• Experience with developing the safety analysis for ATA 27 - Flight Controls
• Proven experience with aircraft safety assessment methodologies prescribed by ARP 4761
• Proven experience with the integral process of ARP 4754)
• Proven experience with Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) using Reliability Workbench (RWB) and/or Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.