Job Description
At ALTEN UK, we partner with industry leaders to deliver advanced safety engineering solutions across Defence, Aerospace, Rail, and Energy domains. We’re seeking a Senior Systems Safety Engineer to take ownership of system safety assurance activities on complex, high-integrity systems. You’ll work on multi-domain projects, ensuring compliance with key safety standards and developing robust safety arguments from concept through to certification.
Location
Bristol (On-site at least 3 days per week)
Clearance
Able to hold SC Clearable (5 years in the UK minimum)
Key Responsibilities
* Lead System Safety Engineering activities across the full project lifecycle in accordance with safety‑critical standards.
* Develop and maintain Safety Cases, ensuring they demonstrate ALARP principles and robust safety arguments.
* Conduct detailed analyses including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Common Cause Failure Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and maintain Hazard Logs.
* Produce and review System Hazard Analysis Reports, ensuring traceability and completeness.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to embed safety into system design and development.
* Support safety reviews, audits, and customer assessments to demonstrate compliance with relevant standards.
Required Skills
* Proven experience in System Safety Engineering within a safety‑critical and regulated industry (Defence, Aerospace, Rail, Nuclear, or Oil & Gas).
* Strong understanding of Safety Case development and ALARP arguments.
* Hands‑on experience performing FTA, ETA, FMECA, Hazard Analysis, and similar activities.
* Working knowledge of standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508, Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-051, ARP4761, DO-178, DO-254, etc.
* Excellent communication and documentation skills, able to produce high‑quality technical reports.
Required Qualifications
* A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline, or a relevant technical military background with equivalent hands‑on engineering experience.
* Must be eligible for UK SC Security Clearance (Minimum 5 Years in the UK)
Desirable Skills
* Experience working on Defence safety cases or certification programmes.
* Knowledge of software or electronic safety standards (DO-178C, DO-254).
* Familiarity with Hazard Log management tools and safety lifecycle management.
Benefits
* A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
* A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies with Premium Customers
* A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
* A competitive salaryPrivate Medical Insurance
* Pension Scheme
* Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
* Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
* Flexible way of working (role dependent)
Security Clearance Information
This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.
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