Senior Systems Safety Engineer

Senior Systems Safety Engineer focuses on leading system safety engineering activities across the full project lifecycle, in accordance with safety-critical standards.

What the role involves

• Leading System Safety Engineering activities across the full project lifecycle, in accordance with safety-critical standards.
• Maintain Safety Cases, ensuring they demonstrate ALARP principles and robust safety arguments.
• Maintaining Hazard Logs and produce System Hazard Analysis Reports, ensuring traceability and completeness.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to embed safety into system design and development.
• Supporting safety reviews, audits, and customer assessments to demonstrate compliance with relevant standards.

Skills and requirements

• Proven experience in System Safety Engineering within a safety-critical and regulated industry (Defence, Aerospace, Rail, Nuclear, or Oil & Gas).
• Hands-on experience performing FTA, ETA, FMECA, Hazard Analysis, and similar activities.
• Working knowledge of standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508, Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-051, ARP4761, DO-178, DO-254.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to produce high-quality technical reports.

Confirmed role details

• On-site: Hybrid (3 days per week).

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

• Life insurance & Pension Scheme.
• We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
• If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.