Product Safety Engineer
Portal Londrinatur
Location
Crawley
Hybrid Working (Minimum 3 days at office)
The Safety Engineering team is responsible for the safety of the products and project solutions developed and deployed by the business line and compliance to safety principles, industry specific standards and best practices for the development of safety-critical systems.
We are looking for new Safety Engineers to join our UK team at our Crawley sites. The Safety Engineer provides technical safety input to the project/product team, is responsible for developing and execution of safety engineering activities in accordance with the company’s process, applicable industry standards, best practices and sharing expert knowledge.
Key Tasks/Responsibilities
* Supporting Project Design Authorities by delivering complex safety programmes associated with a variety of Thales products, systems and services.
* Applying and leveraging your knowledge of Systems Safety Engineering to complex systems.
* Undertaking Systems Safety activities and assessment to influence design.
* Generating or conducting updates to safety cases and other key safety artefacts.
* Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks.
* Working with Bid teams to develop estimates and safety strategies for future business ventures.
About You
* You will be able to work across a range of activities at various stages of the systems engineering lifecycle.
* You will thrive on doing something different every day and be comfortable with ambiguity.
* You will have a strong desire to learn new things.
* You will be a good communicator at all levels, able to understand and decompose complexity and present it in simple terms.
What You’ll Need
* A degree, or equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject area.
* Experience of Systems Safety Engineering activities in a complex, safety focussed and regulated organisation, such as rail, aerospace, nuclear or oil & gas.
* Experience of preparing complex Safety Cases and familiar with ALARP principles and arguments.
* Demonstrable experience of undertaking Systems Safety activities including System Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Common Cause Failure Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Hazard Logs and System Hazard Analysis Reports.
* Ability to work collaboratively in an engineering development environment, ensuring Systems Safety compliance is achieved throughout the project life cycle.
* Experience in the application of standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508, Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-051, ARP4761, DO178, DO254 etc.
* Professional qualification or working towards professional qualification (e.g. IEng/CEng).
Security Clearance Statement
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held; however if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
Benefits At Thales
* Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
* Hybrid working
* Pension Scheme
* 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
* Life Cover
* Progression and Development Opportunities
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental well‑being app
* Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
* Development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.
EEO Statement
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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