Principal Safety Engineer

Location: Southampton (mostly onsite)
Duration: 6 month contract
Rate: £78ph UMB (Inside IR35)

Role details:

We are looking for a Lead/Principal System Safety Engineer to support our defence client in Southampton - the role will focus on safety engineering across integrated sensing, communications and non-kinetic effects systems being developed for test, development and demonstration.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide specialist safety engineering advice to support product safety authorisation in accordance with established processes
Ensure programme safety activities follow the safety management plan and that all analysis is complete, accurate and appropriately documented
Identify and analyse intrinsic and functional hazards, developing mitigation strategies to reduce residual safety risks to an ALARP level
Elicit system safety requirements and ensure their effective flow-down to the appropriate engineering teams
Review subsystem safety analyses and incorporate the findings into integrated system safety assessments
Review aircraft-level safety analysis and ensure alignment with the integrated system safety assessment
Lead the delivery of safety artefacts, identifying dependencies across systems, teams and aircraft-level activities
Present integrated safety assessments at design reviews and communicate key findings to stakeholders

Job Requirements:

Experience in safety analysis of complex systems within a safety-critical industry
Experience across multiple engineering lifecycle phases
Experience leading and delivering safety work packages across multi-disciplinary teams
Knowledge of aircraft-level safety regulations and safety analysis techniques
Familiarity with ARP4754B, ARP4761A, RTCA DO-254 or DO-178C would be advantageous
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at varying levels of seniority
Ability to understand complex system interactions, dependencies and design uncertainty
Relevant STEM degree or equivalent professional experience

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge of lasers, radar systems, sensors or defensive aids systems
Awareness of information security principles
Experience working with highly complex designs and significant levels of uncertainty
Involvement in cross-industry safety initiatives, such as those associated with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or the Safety-Critical Systems Club
A strong commitment to promoting and improving safety culture

Useful Tools Experience:

Cameo Systems Modeler
IBM DOORS
Adelard ASCE
Isograph Reliability Workbench
If you are an experienced System Safety Engineer with a background in defence, aerospace or another safety-critical environment, apply now to support this important integrated systems programme in Southampton
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed