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Safety Engineer

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StageUnknownStandardsSAE ARP4754 · SAE ARP4761IndustryAerospace & defenseSeniorityMid-levelRegionUnited KingdomWork modeUnknownSource year2026Company sizeUnknownBenefitsadapt to your organisation

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Role summary

This role offers an opportunity to influence future combat air capability through the development, integration and optimisation of advanced sensing architectures, supporting delivery across the full engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Support safety assessment activities.
  • Develop safety artefacts and engineering evidence.
  • Participate in hazard identification activities.
  • Support safety case development.
  • Contribute to design reviews and governance activities.
  • Support certification and assurance activities.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Produce technical reports and documentation.

Requirements

  • Degree qualified in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related STEM discipline.
  • Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don’t hold formal qualifications.
  • System safety engineering.
  • Hazard identification and risk analysis.
  • Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA).
  • Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA).
  • System Safety Assessment (SSA).
  • Safety requirements management.
  • Safety case development.
  • Assurance evidence generation.
  • ARP4754A.
  • ARP4761.
  • Military airworthiness frameworks.
  • Software safety.
  • MBSE integration.
  • Cyber and safety interactions.
  • Autonomous systems assurance.
  • Digital engineering environments.
  • Experience supporting safety engineering activities within aerospace, defence or highly regulated industries.
  • Combat air systems.
  • Mission systems.
  • Avionics programmes.
  • Safety-critical systems.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC).
  • Ability to satisfy customer security and export control requirements.
  • Willingness to travel occasionally to customer and partner locations.

Standards

  • SAE ARP4754
  • SAE ARP4761

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