System Safety Engineers - SC Cleared

Location: Edinburgh (preferred) or Newcastle
Duration: 6 months
Level: Various (Engineer/Senior Engineer/Principal Engineer)

Job Description:

We are looking for System Safety Engineers at various levels to join our Aerospace & Defence client at their Edinburgh and Newcastle locations and work on real engineering problems, ensuring their products are safe and comply with regulatory standards, whilst championing a safety culture in our projects.

This role would suit System Safety Engineers who:
* Are comfortable working across the whole system and able to quickly develop an understanding of complex interactions and dependencies
* Are eager to understand the impact of new technologies on safety design
* Are motivated to work closely with multi-disciplined teams to get down into the detail
* Have high attention to detail and the confidence and drive to challenge others

Expected skills:
* Use safety analysis skills across the full system lifecycle: from requirements analysis (including bids and contracting); through design, development; to system integration, acceptance testing, delivery and in-service support
* Identify hazards and investigate these using functional failure analyses and other techniques, identifying the necessary mitigations to reduce safety risks, and taking part in design trade-offs to implement them
* Evidence decisions using the data available, through fault tree analysis, scenario analysis, and various other techniques
* Document and present the outcomes of safety analysis to stakeholders
* Generate safety requirements to meet customer and/or regulatory safety target requirements
* Work closely with many different engineering disciplines, customers, partners and suppliers to help solve complex problems
* Support audits as required
* Promote the specialism and Safety Culture within the project(s)
* Contribute to continual improvement of the Company Product Safety and Environmental Impact Management System

Must have:
* Experience of safety analysis of complex systems in a safety-critical industry
* Experience across a number of engineering lifecycle phases
* Experience with at least one of: ARP4754B, ARP4761A, RTCA DO-254, or DO-178C
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Experience of working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders of varying seniorities
* A passion for promoting and improving safety culture
* An interest in new and emerging technologies and safety analysis techniques

Desirable:
* A relevant STEM degree
* Experience across a number of sub-system teams to develop the system solution
* Experience with a high degree of design complexity and significant levels of uncertainty
* Knowledge of lasers, radar systems, and/or sensors and defensive aids systems
* Awareness of Information Security
* Involvement in cross-industry safety initiatives, such as via the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) or Safety-Critical Systems Club (SCSC)

Experience with any of the following tools:
* Cameo Systems Modeler
* Microsoft Azure
* IBM DOORS
* Adelard ASCE
* Isograph Reliability Work Bench

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