Principal Safety Engineer

TN United Kingdom
Bristol
2 days ago
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At Leonardo, we have a fantastic new opportunity for a Principal Safety Engineer. Working within the Integrated Sensors & Protection Line of Business, you will support the Design Authorities to assure safety of products.

You will provide assurance that products comply with Safety, Environmental and Legislative requirements, primarily within the land, naval, and airborne domains. Working with other safety specialists, you will play an active role in maintaining and enhancing the Product Safety and Environmental Impact Management System, which is integral to Design Integrity.

The role can offer flexible home working, with the expectation of travel within the UK and occasional international trips.

What you will do

The Principal Safety Engineer will typically produce the following artefacts:

  1. Safety and Environmental Plans
  2. Safety and Environmental Case Reports and supporting documentation
  3. Hazard Logs and associated documentation
  4. Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA)
  5. Physical Hazard Analysis
  6. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  7. Assessment of supplier safety compliance, in accordance with legislative and contractual safety requirements
  8. Safety analysis activity reports such as Product/System Safety Assessment Reports
  9. Safety input to life-cycle management core engineering processes, design reviews (e.g. PDR and CDR)
  10. Develop Environmental Suite of documents including Environmental Impact Screening and Scoping (EISS) report
  11. Provide safety SME input to Systems projects

What we need from you

We make the best products, and we can only do that with the best people. We encourage and support every engineer to develop, own and drive ambitions and goals.

Ideally, you will have an engineering or science-based Honours degree and have worked in industry, defence or will have relevant experience such as the below:

  1. Experience analysing complex systems from a safety perspective, considering the system functions
  2. Knowledge and experience of Safety Case development for complex systems within an Electronics or Avionics discipline
  3. Experience of working with Def Stan 00-051, 00-055, 00-056, IEC 61508 (or similar)
  4. You must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and will require access to caveated information such as UK eyes only
  5. Understanding of RTCA DO-178 and DO-254 or IEC 61508
  6. Experience in implementing or improving Safety Management Systems

Security Clearance

You must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and will require access to caveated information such as UK eyes only.

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

Flexible Working

Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part-time opportunities, please talk to us.

Company funded flexible benefits

Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance).

Holidays

25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year.

Pension

Award-winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution).

Wellbeing

Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers).

Lifestyle

Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme.

Training

Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera.

Referral Incentive

You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member.

Bonus

Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below.

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