System Safety and Environmental Engineer
Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short‑range systems to extended protection across the entire battle‑space, including airspace mobility solutions, vehicles and tactical systems, missile defence, optronics, and radar. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their careers with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of aerospace, defence, security, and space.
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Role Summary
This is a key role within Thales to ensure that we design and deliver products that can be certified to international standards and can be safely used by our customers. The role plans and manages the safety‑related activities within bids and projects to ensure the end‑product risk has been reduced as far as is reasonably practicable. It leads and conducts the hazard analysis activities and develops safety & environmental requirements for IAS products throughout their lifecycle, providing direction to design teams for the implementation of requirements and design features to deliver the necessary safety assurance and safety argument.
Responsibilities
* Take responsibility for identification and delivery of all aspects of the S&EM design activities as part of an Integrated Project Team in accordance with the IAS safety management system.
* Carry out hazard analysis, risk evaluation and specify S&E requirements in the areas of performance, engineering features, interfacing and testing requirements.
* Communicate a reasoned argument to all disciplines across the project team for the inclusion of S&E measures to ensure adherence to all the derived S&EM requirements.
* Maintain and ensure compliance with S&EM processes and procedures.
* Maintain a good understanding of all relevant S&E standards and regulations and ensure they are followed in IAS.
* Plan and estimate the cost of project S&EM engineering activities.
* Prepare hazard analysis reports, safety cases and develop valid safety arguments.
Skills
* Ability to define and implement sound engineering design principles and methodology.
* Ability to carry out detailed safety analysis, risk evaluation and safety case construction using a best‑practice approach.
* Ability to carry out detailed environmental analysis, impact and risk evaluation.
* Ability to address project solutions from a whole‑life systems engineering viewpoint.
Experience
* Experience in a safety engineering role within an engineering environment.
* Experience of leading safety engineering related activities.
* Working knowledge of product safety standards and legislation.
* Knowledge of product safety engineering and environmental management practices.
* Experience of working within an airworthiness environment.
Qualifications
* Science or engineering degree (or equivalent).
* Safety credentials and training records.
* Ideally a Chartered Engineer or member of a professional institution.
* Ideally a post‑graduate qualification (or equivalent) in safety or environmental engineering.
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Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Part‑time
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Job Function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Construction
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