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Our client, a renowned company in the aerospace sector, is currently seeking a Principal Safety & Reliability Engineer to join their team in support of their general systems value stream. This permanent role involves guiding reliability and safety engineering within a multi-disciplinary project team, ensuring that engineering designs adhere to safety, maintainability, and reliability standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take full technical responsibility for milestones, document deliverables, and on-time, complete delivery.
- Optimise system and product design for safety and reliability, and provide trade study data.
- Collaborate with the Systems Engineering Lead to develop compliant system architectures.
- Develop safety and system-level architecture requirements for new systems.
- Provide analysis and data for new product introduction projects.
- Prepare proposal sections for new equipment and support system studies.
- Implement lessons learned from previous in-service experiences.
- Investigate in-service failures and support the Product Integrity Committee (PIC) and Product Safety Board (PSB).
- Participate in design reviews and assess design changes' impact on reliability and safety.
- Specify reliability and safety requirements for system components.
- Develop standard work, lessons learned, processes, and best practices for reliability and safety.
- Specify special test requirements to meet reliability and safety standards.
- Support risk analysis activities and identify mitigation methods.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance on reliability and safety across projects, mentoring junior engineers.
Job Requirements:
Essential Skills:
- Capable of analysing systems at both unit and detailed design levels.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to relate well to all stakeholders.
- Knowledgeable in current aerospace standards, certification requirements, and Fault Tree Analysis and FMEA software.
Desirable Skills:
- Engineering/mathematics background with expertise in reliability and safety engineering.
- Proficient in Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
- Good understanding of mechanical and electronic engineering.
- Proficient with word processing and spreadsheet applications.
- Ability to derive system designs from safety requirements and recommend design changes.
- Experienced in interpreting, organising, executing, and coordinating milestones and document deliverables.
- Capable of performing maintainability and occasional Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) analyses.
- Highly motivated and committed to high personal and professional integrity.
If you are a talented Principal Safety & Reliability Engineer eager to make a substantial impact within the aerospace sector, we would love to hear from you.
