System Safety Engineer

RSK Business Solutions; Faridabad District, Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

RSK Business Solutions in India is seeking a practising system safety engineer to apply recognised safety methods to identify and manage risk on complex engineering systems, and to produce clear, well-evidenced safety assurance outputs in line with legislation and standards.

You will work with IEC 61508/61511, EN 50126/28/29 RAMS, CSM-RA, RIR and hazard analyses (HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA), developing safety artefacts and safety justifications to support acceptance and entry into service.

Qualifications

• Experience applying the system safety lifecycle and safety assurance principles.
• Practical use of IEC 61508/61511 and EN 50126/28/29 RAMS standards.
• Strong knowledge of CSM-RA and risk assessment techniques (FTA, ETA, FMEA, FMECA, bow‑tie, QRA).
• Understanding of RIR and authorisation requirements.
• Ability to develop safety plans, hazard logs and safety cases.
• Proven capability to produce high-quality technical documentation.
• Experience as a practising system safety engineer in high-hazard environments.

Responsibilities

• Apply the system safety lifecycle in accordance with RAMS/functional safety standards (IEC 61508/61511).
• Develop and maintain safety artefacts: safety plans, system definitions, hazard logs, safety requirements and safety cases.
• Create safety strategies and evidence to support authorisation and entry into service.
• Plan and record hazard analyses (HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA) and risk analyses (FTA/ETA/FMEA/FMECA/bow‑tie/QRA).
• Ensure compliance with CS M-RA, RIR and rail industry standards.
• Review technical safety documentation for traceability and correctness.

Skills

System safety lifecycle

IEC 61508/61511

RAMS EN 50126/28/29

CSM-RA

RIR requirements

HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA

FTA/ETA/FMEA/FMECA/bow‑tie/QRA

Safety artefacts & justifications

SIL concepts

ALARP

Safety legislation knowledge

Technical documentation

Practising system safety engineer

Education

Engineering/safety/risk management degree

Chartered/incorporated engineer status

Tools

Hazard log tools

Safety analysis tools

Job description

Role Purpose

To apply recognised system safety and functional safety methods to identify, assess and manage risk on complex engineering systems, and to produce clear, well-evidenced and traceable safety assurance outputs in accordance with relevant legislation, standards and good practice.

Key Technical Responsibilities

• Apply the system safety lifecycle in accordance with recognised functional safety and RAMS standards, including IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and EN 50126 / EN 50128 / EN 50129.
• Apply the Common Safety Method for Risk Assessment (CSM-RA) to identify hazards, evaluate and categorise risk, apply the three risk acceptance principles and manage risk through to acceptance.
• Ensure projects meet applicable requirements under the Common Safety Method, the Railway Interoperability Regulations (RIR) and relevant UK rail industry standards.
• Develop and maintain core system safety artefacts, including safety plans, system definitions, hazard logs and records, safety requirements, safety justifications and engineering safety cases.
• Develop system safety and authorisation strategies, including the safety evidence and justification required to support authorisation and entry into service.
• Plan, facilitate and record hazard identification and analysis activities, including HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA workshops.
• Undertake qualitative and quantified risk analysis using techniques such as fault tree analysis (FTA), event tree analysis (ETA), FMEA / FMECA, bow‑tie analysis and quantified risk assessment (QRA).
• Derive, allocate, verify and track safety requirements and safety integrity levels (SIL) to closure through the hazard log.
• Demonstrate that risk has been reduced so far as is reasonably practicable (ALARP) and produce robust, proportionate safety justifications.
• Support reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) analysis and the definition of associated targets.
• Provide safety evidence and technical input to the independent safety assessment process, including engagement with Assessment Bodies (AsBo), Notified Bodies (NoBo) and Designated Bodies (DeBo).
• Provide technical guidance on the application of CSM-RA, EN 50126, safety requirements, safety evidence, risk assessment and hazard management.
• Review and verify technical safety documentation for suitability, sufficiency, consistency and traceability.
• Interpret engineering design information, analysis outputs and operational data to inform safety assessments and evidence.

Key Technical Skills and Experience

Essential

• Sound working knowledge of the system safety lifecycle and safety assurance principles.
• Practical application of functional safety standards (IEC 61508 and IEC 61511) and / or RAMS standards (EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129).
• Strong understanding of the Common Safety Method for Risk Assessment (CSM-RA) and its practical application.
• Strong understanding of the Railway Interoperability Regulations (RIR) and associated authorisation requirements.
• Competence in hazard identification and analysis techniques (HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA).
• Competence in risk assessment and analysis techniques (FTA, ETA, FMEA / FMECA, bow‑tie, QRA).
• Experience developing safety plans, system definitions, hazard records, safety requirements, safety cases and safety justifications.
• Understanding of safety integrity concepts (SIL) and requirement derivation, allocation and verification.
• Understanding of the ALARP principle and proportionate risk reduction.
• Sound knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation and its application to complex, high-hazard engineering environments.
• Ability to interpret technical and engineering information and to produce high-quality technical documentation with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrable experience as a practising system safety engineer within a complex, safety‑critical or high-hazard engineering environment.

Desirable

• Experience with reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) analysis and target setting.
• Experience applying system safety methods across more than one high-hazard sector or discipline.
• Experience using hazard log, safety analysis or requirements‑management tools.
• Familiarity with relevant British Standards and International Standards.
• Experience working within formalised safety, assurance or management‑system processes.
• Degree‑level qualification in engineering, safety, risk management or a related discipline.
• Chartered or incorporated engineer status, or working towards professional registration.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution, such as IET, IMechE, IChemE, IOSH or the Safety and Reliability Society (SaRS).