Senior / Principal Safety Engineer

Expleo is seeking a number of Safety Engineers (Senior, Principal and Lead levels) to support the growth of Expleo's Defence and Aerospace business unit. The successful candidate will provide Product Safety and Systems Safety expertise across complex safety critical programmes, with responsibility for delivering safety engineering activities, developing safety artefacts, and supporting engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Working within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment, you will support a major defence programme with Thales at their Crawley site, ensuring products are developed and maintained in accordance with applicable safety standards and regulatory requirements.

This role will require candidates to be eligible for SC Security Clearance, with onsite attendance required 3 days per week in Crawley.

• →Develop and maintain Safety Cases, Safety Plans and Safety Management documentation.
• →Manage and maintain Hazard Logs throughout the programme lifecycle.
• →Conduct hazard identification, risk assessment and safety analysis activities.
• →Produce ALARP justifications and safety arguments to support certification and acceptance.
• →Perform safety assessments using recognised techniques including FMEA, FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and HAZOP.
• →Support design reviews and engineering assurance activities.
• →Work closely with systems, software, hardware and project engineering teams to ensure safety is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
• →Engage with customers and key stakeholders to communicate safety risks, mitigations and recommendations.
• →Support compliance with relevant industry and defence safety standards.
• →Contribute to continuous improvement activities and safety engineering best practices.

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Understanding of Product Safety and Systems Safety principles within safety critical industries.

• Relevant professional membership or working towards chartership.
• Formal training in safety engineering methodologies and standards.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Strong Product Safety or Systems Safety engineering experience.
• Experience developing Safety Cases, Safety Plans, Hazard Logs and ALARP arguments.
• Knowledge of hazard identification and risk analysis methodologies.
• Experience applying FMEA/FMECA, FTA and HAZOP techniques.
• Familiarity with DEF STAN 00-056, IEC 61508 or equivalent functional safety standards.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to communicate complex technical and safety information clearly and concisely.

Ideally candidates will be able to demonstrate one or more of the following:

• Knowledge of aerospace, defence, maritime or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting safety certification activities.
• Understanding of systems engineering lifecycles and assurance processes.
• Existing SC Clearance.

The successful candidate will have experience of:

• Delivering Product Safety or Systems Safety activities within defence, aerospace or other safety critical sectors.
• Producing and maintaining safety documentation for complex engineering programmes.
• Supporting engineering teams throughout the full product lifecycle.
• Conducting safety assessments and presenting findings to stakeholders and customers.
• Working within regulated engineering environments.

Ideally candidates will possess experience in one or more of the following:

• Working with Thales or similar UK Defence prime contractors.
• Safety assurance activities on complex defence platforms or mission-critical systems.
• Supporting programmes requiring UK Security Clearance.

• This role supports UK Defence and safety-critical programmes. Applicants should be comfortable working on these programmes within highly regulated engineering and assurance environments.
• Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain SC Security Clearance.
• Some assignments may require attendance at customer, secure or classified sites.