Are you an experienced System Safety Engineer looking to apply your skills in a new and complex problem domain?
We are recruiting for a number of system safety engineers who will work on real engineering problems, ensuring our products are safe and comply with regulatory standards, whilst championing a safety culture in our projects.
What you will do as a System Safety Engineer
Use safety analysis skills across the full system lifecycle: from requirements analysis (including bids and contracting); through design, development; to system integration, acceptance testing, delivery and in-service support.
Identify hazards and investigate these using functional failure analyses and other techniques, identifying the necessary mitigations to reduce safety risks, and taking part in design trade-offs to implement them.
Evidence your decisions using the data available to you, through fault tree analysis, scenario analysis, and various other techniques.
Contribute to continual improvement of the Company Product Safety and Environmental Impact Management System.
Your work could contribute to:
Radar systems for fighter jets like the Typhoon and SAAB Gripen
Experience of safety analysis of complex systems in a safety-critical industry.
Experience across a number of engineering lifecycle phases.
Experience of generating safety engineering artefacts e.g. system safety assessment, hazard log, fault trees, risk assessments etc.
Knowledge of lasers, radar systems, and/or sensors and defensive aids systems.
Ability to work with different engineering disciplines, e.g. software, electronics, mechanical.
Experience with at least one of: ARP4754B, ARP4761A, RTCA DO-254, or DO-178C.
An interest in new and emerging technologies and safety analysis techniques.
Experience with any of the following tools: Cameo Systems Modeler
IBM DOORS
Adelard ASCE
Isograph Reliability Work Bench
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. Any training required will be provided.
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Why join us
Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
Rewarding Performance : All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
Never Stop Learning : Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
Tailored Perks : Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.
For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.
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Benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceFlexible scheduleEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus
Additional Information
Job Description:
Salary Range:
Systems Engineer £38,000 to £48,000
Senior Systems Engineer £44,500 to £56,000
Principal Systems Engineer £53,500 to £68,000
Lead Systems Engineer £59,500 to £75,000
Where this vacancy is being recruited across more than one grade, the successful candidate will be appointed to a specific assessed grade, and the applicable salary range will be that associated with the grade of appointment.
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.