Delkia is a specialist engineering & technology company for safety-related and mission critical systems in Defence and Nuclear sectors. Our offer incorporates: systems integration, engineering design and technical consultancy.
Functional Safety Engineer
Location:Lancashire (Preston) / Cumbria / Hybrid (minimum 3 days per week on site)
Job type:Permanent Full time
Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company focused on safety-critical and mission-critical systems in highly regulated industries, including aerospace, clean energy, and maritime. Our services include engineering design, technical consultancy, and systems integration.
At Delkia, we believe engineering is more than technology, manufacturing, and innovation—it’s about the people behind it. By fostering a culture of passion, commitment, and innovative thinking, we ensure our teams are at the heart of our business, delivering exceptional results for our customers. We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and actively invest in future talent through STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements, and summer internships.
Our Head Office is located at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria, supported by systems integration, assembly, and testing facilities in Egremont, Cumbria, and design offices in Preston, Lancashire. We are also expanding with a new manufacturing facility in Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside opening in early 2025. Alongside these locations, we have a network of skilled staff working across the UK, forming a dynamic and highly capable team.
Join a company that values its people and is growing rapidly.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct safety analyses of software elements for vehicle control system within an incrementally delivered software product scope.
- Production of hazard analysis and safety assessment documentation
- Maintain hazard / safety assessment logs and produce associated documentation
- Provision of safety advice to software developers with respect to software functional design
- Provision of safety advice to management team and other stakeholders with respect to software / hardware integration
- Supporting software developers through the safety process
- Interaction with and influence of the 'computing solution' developers as to safety constraints and prospective management strategies
- Interaction with and influence of whole product safety management practitioners / wider product team as to safety constraints and prospective management strategies
- Providing continuous improvement feedback into the safety team
Qualifications & Skills:
- Chartered Engineer or suitable level of experience to achieve this
- Practitioner level safety engineering experience in Aerospace / Nuclear / Defence domains
- Ability to work at whole product, system, subsystem, component and sub-component (eg: hardware/software) levels considering integration and interaction issues between and within these levels
- Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders within a complex project
- Comfortable working in a rapidly evolving environment (in terms of scope, processes and delivery)
- Self-starting, able to work alone or within a team, providing appropriate levels of leadership as necessary.
- Well versed with safety management processes and common analysis techniques – intrinsic and common cause.
- Experience in Model Based System Engineering and System Engineering workflows.
- Experience with civil standards for development of programmable electronic systems (eg: IEC 61508)
- Experience with civil standards for system development in the Aerospace or Nuclear domain (e.g: ARP4754/ARP4761 or IEC61511)
- Experience with high level UK defence safety management standards (e.g.: Def-Stan 00-055, Def-Stan 00-056) including their relationship to UK safety law – criminal and civil aspects.
- Experience with complex distributed electronic control systems and/or inter-related safety systems within a multi-hazard environment.
- An appreciation of Agile programme management practices
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Training and development
- Excellent company standards
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Health care
- Company bonus scheme
- Birthday leave
- Great team spirit
- Organised social events
- Professional membership
Our Vision:
To be the UK’s leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.
Our Mission:
To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.
Our Values:
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Integrity, trust and accountability
- Safety and security
- Client focused
- Positive social value and impact
- Continuous improvement
Our Purpose:At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.
Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements fornational security vettingclearance as appropriate.
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.
Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.
