Job summary

Matchtech is currently recruiting a Systems Safety Engineer to join a Defence client on an initial 6 month contract. This role is outside IR35.

Key skills required for this role

Systems safety

Important

Systems safety

Job description

A System Safety Engineer is required to work on high integrity electro-mechanical and pneumatic systems utilised for stores carriage and release within the aerospace and defence domain.

Working Location:

Hybrid with nominal 2/3 day split between Brighton and Home.

Core Skills/Knowledge:

• Preparation of Safety Management Plans
• Support System Engineering in development of product specification for safety
• Contribute to and provide evidence to support product Certificate of Design release
• Support to ongoing airworthiness and safe-life assessment for in service products
• Compile Safety, Assessments and Cases and ALARP statements
• Familiar with UK safety legislation.
• Understanding of Defence Std for safety such as DEF STAN 00-56 & Mil-std 822.
• Conduct and Compile Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses
• Conduct and Compile Functional Failure Analyses & Fault Tree Analyses.
• Conduct System Safety Hazard Analysis
• Maintain a Hazard Log
• Provide advice and recommendations to Airworthiness and Design Signatories.
• Chair Safety & Hazard Review Boards

Qualifications:

• Engineering Degree or equivalent in related engineering field is required.
• 5+ years of experience working within the Aerospace/Defence industry in the System Safety domain

Preferred Additional Experience/Competence :

• Understanding of reliability analyses
• Good stakeholder engagement
• Excellent at articulating verbal and written arguments
• A background in complex Military or Aerospace systems is a benefit.
• Knowledge of Reliasoft software tools
• Proficiency with MS Excel, and MS Office application software.