Product Safety Engineer

Product Safety Engineer
Location: Bristol - Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available
Salary: £46,000 - £51,000 (dependent on skills and experience)
Industry: Defence / Air / Aviation

About the Role:

We are seeking a Product Safety Engineer to ensure the safety and integrity of aircraft systems, sub-systems, and support products throughout their lifecycle. You will be responsible for conducting safety assessments, supporting certification processes, and maintaining hazard logs to uphold product safety standards.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct safety assessments for aircraft, systems, sub-systems, and support products, including hazard identification, HAZOP analysis, and fault/event tree analysis.
• Develop and review Aircraft Zonal Hazard Analysis (ZHA) reports to support certification.
• Maintain and update hazard logs for platforms and support products.
• Generate safety assessments and design safety justifications for support products.
• Review certification evidence and provide safety certification arguments.
• Ensure safety engineering evidence supports an acceptable level of product design safety.
• Prepare safety certification material to support project requirements.
• Conduct risk assessments for emergent issues related to continued airworthiness and through-life product safety.

Required Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Experience in Safety Engineering in the UK Defence Industry. 2+ years.
• UK Passport Holder.
• Strong self-motivation and effective communication skills.

Desirable:

• Background in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Systems, or Mechanical Engineering in a military airborne platform design environment.
• Familiarity with safety standards such as UK Regulatory Framework, Def-Stan 00-55/00-56, Mil-Std-882, DO-178, DO-254, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, EN 61508.
• Experience with safety toolsets such as Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Workbench, and Goal Structured Notation (GSN).
• Ability to engage with senior technical and engineering leaders, as well as external and partner stakeholders.
• Leadership experience or potential to grow into a leadership role.

Benefits:

• Competitive pension scheme.
• Enhanced annual leave allowance.
• Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts.
• Potential eligibility for an annual incentive.

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