System Safety Engineer

Location: Lancashire
Working Pattern: Hybrid working with 3 days onsite per week
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 + Benefits

Security Requirements

UK National Security Vetting will be required (SC). Continuous UK residency is necessary to meet clearance requirements as well as UK Nationality.

Role Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced System Safety Engineering Lead to support the development and sustainment of advanced military aircraft avionics systems. This role sits within a highly regulated defence environment and plays a critical part in ensuring the safety integrity of complex airborne systems throughout their lifecycle. You will lead and contribute to System Safety activities across avionics display and control systems, supporting both in service aircraft and ongoing capability enhancements.

Main Duties

• Maintaining and updating System Safety Assessment Reports
• Reviewing aircraft and avionics design changes and generating safety justifications
• Reviewing and contributing to Preliminary Hazard Analyses (PHA)
• Assessing Safety Critical Functional Chains
• Supporting investigations relating to in service queries and incidents
• Contributing to safety process improvements, workshops and product safety forums
• Supporting safety case development across the full system lifecycle

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in System Safety engineering within a military or aerospace environment
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • Hazard Analysis
  • Safety Case development
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Solid understanding of the 'V' lifecycle model and systems engineering principles
• Experience of avionics development processes, standards and toolsets
• High levels of professional integrity, particularly when working under delivery pressure

Highly Desirable

• Working knowledge of IBM Statemate
• Experience with Ada programming languageExperience using Reliability Workbench

About the Role

You will support multiple Line Replaceable Items (LRIs) within an aircraft Display & Control sub system, with exposure to both software and hardware elements. The primary focus will be on avionics application software components, while also contributing to wider sub system safety considerations across military aircraft platforms. This role offers broad exposure to complex airborne systems and the opportunity to influence safety decisions on operational defence aircraft.

Benefits

• Competitive pension scheme
• Annual incentive potential
• Flexible benefits package including health, well being and lifestyle options
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements (role dependent)
• Opportunity to work on advanced military aircraft and avionics systems