MERITUS Talent are working with one of Europe's leading defence organisations for the recruitment of a Safety Engineer to join their Stevenage offices on 12 month contact. The right candidate must be able to achieve a SC Clearance, if not already cleared. Overview of department: An opportunity has arisen for an engineer to exploit their safety engineering skills to influence the safety aspects of one of our technically complex products. While exploring the boundaries of best practice, this will involve optimising the effort devoted to safety assurance, with the goal of balancing safety against the inherently lethal attributes required of complex weapon systems. Responsibilities: The role is to deliver the safety analysis that will enable one of our existing products to be integrated onto a new platform. This will involve working closely with internal delivery teams, as well as an external, non-UK prime contractor and a non-UK customer. The successful candidate will be required to liaise with key stakeholders (including, but not necessarily limited to, the external customer, the platform authority and stakeholders) to help define the safety boundary for the development of safety claims, assist in the production of the associated Safety Management Plan and to deliver the required safety analyses. The initial emphasis will be progression of the Hazard Analysis, development of a Functional Failure Analysis and support to the development ...