Role summary
As System Safety Engineer, you are fundamental to the safe design of the complete air vehicle and working within the team you will have the ability to participate in all phases of the product design life cycle from participating in leading edge innovation to supporting aging aircraft. You will be working on our wide product range encompassing conventional helicopters and uncrewed air systems.
Responsibilities
As part of the System Safety Engineering team you will carry out the system safety analysis activities for design and in-service support.
Primary tasks will include the authoring of Functional Hazard Assessments in conjunction with the technical specialists and performing detailed analysis of failure conditions, in order to influence the safe design and certification of the organization products.
You will also cover In-service support of existing the organization products, including development of necessary modifications.
Requirements
- Training in the use of formal safety analysis methods, or alternatively extensive experience in the application of equivalent skills.
- Knowledge of specific IT tools such as Fault Tree+ or equivalent.
- The ability to plan and execute tasks to achieve timescales and costs.
- Good interpersonal skills to ensure effective team working and an appropriate working relationship with external customers.
- Proficiency in the use of general office IT tools, such as MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Rotorcraft and systems, ideally relevant to our EH101/AW101/AW159/Lynx platforms
- Evidence of working in a regulated environment with knowledge of airworthiness regulations eg MAA, EASA or FAA.
- Experience of Defence Standard 00-056, ARP4761/4754
- Experience in the use of requirements capture tools, such as DOORS.
- For internal purposes this role has been evaluated up to JFF Level 6, dependent on relevant skills and experience*
This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.
This role will require National Security Vetting to SC level. It is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. A range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) will apply, this will include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit
Standards
- ARP4761 Functional Safety of E/E/PE Safety-Related Systems