Product Safety Engineer
Location: Bristol - Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available
Salary: £46,000 - £51,000 (dependent on skills and experience)
Industry: Defence / Air / Aviation
About the Role:
We are seeking a Product Safety Engineer to ensure the safety and integrity of aircraft systems, sub-systems, and support products throughout their lifecycle. You will be responsible for conducting safety assessments, supporting certification processes, and maintaining hazard logs to uphold product safety standards.
Responsibilities:
Conduct safety assessments for aircraft, systems, sub-systems, and support products, including hazard identification, HAZOP analysis, and fault/event tree analysis.
Develop and review Aircraft Zonal Hazard Analysis (ZHA) reports to support certification.
Maintain and update hazard logs for platforms and support products.
Generate safety assessments and design safety justifications for support products.
Review certification evidence and provide safety certification arguments.
Ensure safety engineering evidence supports an acceptable level of product design safety.
Prepare safety certification material to support project requirements.
Conduct risk assessments for emergent issues related to continued airworthiness and through-life product safety.
Required Skills & Experience:
Essential:
Experience in Safety Engineering in the UK Defence Industry. 2+ years.
UK Passport Holder.
Strong self-motivation and effective communication skills.
Desirable:
Background in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Systems, or Mechanical Engineering in a military airborne platform design environment.
Familiarity with safety standards such as UK Regulatory Framework, Def-Stan 00-55/00-56, Mil-Std-882, DO-178, DO-254, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, EN 61508.
Experience with safety toolsets such as Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Workbench, and Goal Structured Notation (GSN).
Ability to engage with senior technical and engineering leaders, as well as external and partner stakeholders.
Leadership experience or potential to grow into a leadership role.
Benefits:
Competitive pension scheme.
Enhanced annual leave allowance.
Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan.
Flexible working arrangements.
Employee assistance programme.
Cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts.
Potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
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