Product Safety Engineer

50,000-65,000

We have a great opportunity for a Product Safety Engineer, to work on well-known products within the Air Sector, such as the Typhoon, Hawk and FCAS. You will play a pivotal role in the development of the future 6th generation fighter and ensure Airworthiness and product integrity in a digital environment.

Day to day you'll be -

• Liaising with Customers to agree delivery timescales
• Allocation of tasking to suitably qualified and experienced individuals within the team and may have people responsibilities (PDR, career development plans, aspirations etc.)
• Liaising with the Executive population to ensure availability of suitably qualified and experienced individuals within the team
• Generating & evaluating Aircraft/System/Sub-System and Support Products/Goods design safety in support of Safety Qualification/Certification requirements definition and verification (Design Certification) throughout the Product lifecycle (Concept to Qualification/Product Acceptance) e.g. Preliminary Hazard identification and assessment, System / Sub-System/Equipment Hazard Analysis, Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) and System Safety Assessment Report, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA)
• Generating, updating and reviewing Aircraft Zonal Hazard Analysis Reports (ZHAs) in support of the certification process or provision of inputs to partner companies
• Maintaining and updating hazard logs for the Platform and Support Products, while generating safety assessments and design justifications
• Reviewing Platform/Support Products certification evidence (inc. associated qualification evidence) and generating safety certification arguments/justifications to assert that the Platform/Support Products design is acceptability safe in support of the certification process
• Ensuring safety engineering evidence supports acceptable Safety Certification of the product design, while preparing certification material for internal, partner company, and customer reviews as needed
• Undertake Weapon Platform emergent issue risk assessments, and support Platform System/Sub-System areas and Support Products system design responsible areas undertake emergent issue risk assessments, in support of Continued Airworthiness a Through Life product safety

Experience we are looking for -

• HND/HNC/Degree or equivalent in a STEM subject, or relevant experience
• Safety Engineering experience/ critical and analytical thinking along with excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong self-motivation and effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Knowledge and experience in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Systems or Mechanical engineering and Safety Engineering in a Military Airborne Platform design environment
• Working knowledge and experience of Safety standards e.g. UK Regulatory Framework, Def-Stan 00-55/00-56, Mil-Std-882, DO-178, DO-254, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, EN 61508
• Working knowledge and experience of Safety toolsets e.g. Fault Tree Analysis +, Reliability Workbench, Goal Structured Notation (GSN)
• Ability to engage with Senior technical and engineering leaders within the business and Senior external and Partner stakeholders
• Ability to lead and influence on the technical aspects and acceptability of Product Safety in a through-life capacity
• Leadership experience, or a desire and the potential to grow into a leadership role

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.