Systems Safety Engineer

Overview

As a Safety Engineer, you will report to the Chief Engineer. This role focuses on unmanned air systems development in the UK. You will oversee the development and implementation of safety processes for UAS systems, drive the integration of safety requirements into engineering designs, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards and industry best practices. You will apply safety engineering and risk management expertise to assess hazards, develop safety cases, and maintain product integrity throughout the lifecycle. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote a strong safety culture, providing guidance, training, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organisation. Ability to hold Security Clearance; 5 years residence in the UK.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluation of aircraft and system/sub-system design safety in support of platform safety certification throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Generating, updating and reviewing Aircraft, System and Sub-System safety tasks such as decomposition of safety requirements at all relevant product levels (Weapon Platform, System, Sub-System, Equipment).
• Zonal Hazard Analysis Reports (ZHAs), Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA).
• System / Sub-System Hazard Analysis and validation of supplier safety analysis/documentation.
• System / Sub-System safety assessment reports, including safety analysis (fault tree analysis, etc.).
• Ensuring that certification evidence supports achievement of an acceptable level of product design safety with respect to design airworthiness requirements and identified hazards.
• Assess customer deviations from the design for adverse impact on product integrity and identify recovery routes where necessary.
• Support project teams and service engineering organisations with risk assessments, ensuring justification exists for action and adequacy of proposed remedial/recovery actions in mitigating product safety risk.
• Undertake communication and management of residual risk through the appropriate processes.
• Manage and report outstanding product integrity actions/issues through to closure.
• Establish and deliver engineering activities using systems integration and systems engineering techniques.
• Sustain the initial integrity of Malloy products through production challenge and review of design, certification and assurance evidence (including product data requirements) in line with legislation and regulatory obligations.
• Sustain Malloy Engineering regarding Product Integrity through development/improvement of existing processes and operations, promoting efficiency while ensuring delivery.
• Validate and challenge initial evidence through professional judgement and feedback; participate in audit and assurance activities and design/phase review assessments as appropriate.
• Recover integrity of Malloy products through investigation, root cause analysis, technical instruction (including technical writing) and advising of potential design changes.
• Exploit learning across Air and other units, customers and suppliers using appropriate alerting, lessons learned and promotional processes.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent in a relevant STEM discipline.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar product safety engineering role within an aerospace company.
• Knowledge of key safety regulations and standards relating to UAS development.
• Experience engaging with project engineering teams ensuring all relevant safety considerations are captured.

Desired Skills and Experiences

• Experience integrating complex systems and/or systems engineering.
• Experience with UAS and autonomous systems.
• Experience working within defence.
• Experience engaging with aviation regulators (CAA and MAA).
• Requirements Engineering, Configuration and Data Management.
• Qualification and Certification in Safety, Environmental, or Security Engineering.
• Model Based Systems Engineering, Agile / Scrum Development.

Working Environment and Benefits

• 9-day fortnight with benefits including free parking and other staff amenities.
• Company pension scheme, discretionary employee incentive bonus scheme, and employee share incentive plan.
• Healthcare plans including virtual GP, dental and vision cover, discounted gym membership, and more.
• Leave: 20 days annual leave, increasing with long service, plus maternity/paternity leave as applicable.
• Employee assistance programme and mental health support.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Malloy Aeronautics employees may be subject to security and export control restrictions; nationality, former nationalities, and place of birth may limit roles.
• Malloy Aeronautics is an equal opportunity employer; inclusivity and reasonable adjustments available on request.

Note: This description reflects the responsibilities and requirements of the role as posted. If you have not heard from our recruitment department within 14 days, you may not have progressed to the next stage.

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