Senior Systems Safety Engineer
Join our team at ALTEN UK as a Senior Systems Safety Engineer. This role involves leading system safety assurance activities on complex, high-integrity systems across Defence, Aerospace, Rail, and Energy domains. You will 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 demonstrating 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, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent technical military background with relevant hands‑on engineering experience.
* Eligibility 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.
Why Join Us?
We foster a community of talented individuals who are entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently.
In Short You Get
* A personalised career path and rewarding management style
* Work on exciting engineering projects with premium customers
* Diverse engineering projects and industries
* Competitive salary
* Private Medical Insurance
* Pension Scheme
* Cycle‑to‑Work Scheme and other benefits
* Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team building
* Flexible ways of working (role dependent)
Security Clearance: This role requires SC clearance. Candidates may be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard during onboarding. Candidates who cannot meet the clearance criteria will have their employment delayed or rejected.
This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. Details for the baseline security standards can be found on the Gov.UK website. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details will be discussed at interview.
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