Product Safety Specialist (SC)

Product Safety Specialist (SC) - Contract role - Hybrid/Berkshire - £competitive

Synergize Consulting are now hiring for a Product Safety Specialist to work at a leading defence client on a contract basis.

The successful candidate will work closely with safety, systems and engineering teams to translate technical requirements into effective digital solutions, enabling the delivery of robust safety assessments, traceable safety evidence and integrated engineering processes throughout the product life cycle. You will play a key role in advancing digital approaches to safety engineering, supporting the integration of safety analysis tools, requirements management systems, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Key Responsibilities:

• Capture and analyse Product Safety and System Safety engineering needs, translating them into practical digital solutions, workflows and data models.
• Define and develop digital workflows supporting safety analysis, safety requirements management and the generation and traceability of safety evidence.
• Support the design, implementation and optimisation of digital safety engineering tools
• Establish traceability between safety analyses, system requirements, engineering models and verification evidence.
• Support the integration of Product Safety processes with MBSE, Requirements Management and PLM environments.
• Develop and support proof-of-concept activities and pilot implementations to demonstrate and validate digital safety engineering capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product Safety, Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering and wider programme stakeholders to ensure solutions meet operational and technical needs.
• Contribute to the development of digital engineering standards, processes, methodologies and governance for Product Safety.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, data consistency and safety assurance through digitalisation and automation.

Skills and Experience required:

• Strong knowledge of Product Safety, System Safety or Safety Engineering principles and practices.
• Significant experience working within complex, safety-critical engineering programmes.
• Practical experience using Ansys medini analyze or equivalent safety analysis tools.
• Understanding of safety analysis techniques, safety requirements and safety assurance processes.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles and the engineering life cycle.
• Experience translating engineering requirements and stakeholder needs into digital solutions, workflows and processes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams and communicate technical concepts effectively.
• Experience within the Defence, Aerospace or wider safety-critical engineering sectors.
• Knowledge of relevant aerospace safety standards and practices.
• Experience with IBM DOORS Next or equivalent requirements management tools.
• Familiarity with MBSE environments and tools such as Cameo or Rhapsody.
• Experience integrating safety engineering tools with requirements management, system modelling and wider engineering toolchains.
• Experience supporting digital engineering transformation, proof-of-concept development or the implementation of new engineering capabilities.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Due to the nature of the client, it would be an advantage for candidates to hold, or be eligible and willing to undergo, a certain level of security clearance (SC).

If you are looking to take the next exciting step in your career, please send in your CV for immediate consideration.