Job Title: Senior Safety Engineer
South West London (Hybrid/Office-based with UK travel)
Security Clearance: UK Security Check (SC) required
Travel: Up to 25% (within the UK and occasionally overseas)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Safety Engineer to join a high-integrity engineering team working on advanced defence infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of the Product Safety Manager to ensure safety requirements are embedded across the entire systems lifecycle.
Support safety activities throughout the engineering lifecycle, reporting to the Product Safety Manager and working alongside Principal Safety Engineers.
Develop and implement safety requirements to ensure system compliance with safety targets, including hardware failure probabilities and Safety Integrity Levels (SIL).
Lead the creation and maintenance of safety case documentation in line with defence and regulatory standards.
Conduct formal safety analysis including HAZOPs, FFA, FTA, FMECA, and LOPA.
Contribute to internal and external safety reviews and audits.
Provide evidence-based safety assessments to support design decisions and influence stakeholders.
Collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure a robust safety approach.
Represent the organisation in meetings with customers and suppliers, including occasional travel to sites within the UK and overseas.
Demonstrable experience in a safety-related engineering environment.
Awareness of safety assurance for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) processing equipment or high-integrity software.
Competence in a range of safety analysis methods including hazard analysis, FMECA, FTA and Functional Failure Analysis.
Working knowledge of ALARP principles and risk justification methodologies.
Experience working within cross-functional teams including systems, hardware, software and support engineering.
Degree, HND, HNC or equivalent in an engineering or safety-related discipline.
Flexible and hybrid working options (including compressed working with every other Friday off).
Private healthcare.
Annual performance bonus.
Career development and training support.
Applicants must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Check (SC) clearance.