E7 System Safety Engineer

E7 System Safety Engineer

Carbon60 Global are currently recruiting for an E-7 System Safety Engineer based in Yeovil, Bristol, or Milton Keynes, with hybrid working options. Initial travel to Yeovil will be required.

Position overview:

Collaborating with the Safety and Environmental Engineering Manager and working directly for the E-7 Wedgetail Lead Safety Engineer, undertake development and in-service System Safety activities in support of the customer and the suppliers of the Wedgetail weapon system Airborne Mission Segment (AMS).

 Your responsibilities will include:

The role has the following key responsibilities:

Development of Operational, Product and System Safety artefacts and associated documentation in accordance with Defence Standard 00-056 for the E-7 programme such as the generation of:

Hazard Identification and Analysis including

Hazard Logs.

Programmable Element Safety Assessment

Safety Cases, Safety Case Reports and Safety Arguments.

Zonal Safety Evaluations.

Ensure close liaison with other customers, and supplier technical fields to ensure appropriate evidence is available to support the Safety Case.

Support customer safety meetings and chair System Safety Working Groups

Identify, supervise, and implement risks, issues and opportunities and support the development of mitigation plans.

Identify and apply appropriate safety legislation and regulations.

Proactively support the further development, maintenance, review, and update of safety process.

Some UK, and possibly US travel is expected.

 Preferred Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

Degree in Engineering or equivalent.

Formal system safety training.

Proven experience leading and developing Safety Assessments for aircraft training and associated synthetic training systems.

Previous industry Safety Engineering experience in the Military Air environment. This should include application of Def Stan 00-056.

Experience developing Safety Management Systems and in-service management of Safety Cases, and Hazard Logs.

Experience with the use of common safety tools, such as CASSANDRA, BowTieXP, Adelard Assurance and Safety Case Environment.

Experience of identifying and applying appropriate safety legislation and regulations.

The candidate should possess strong communication skills, technical proficiency, and skills with project management concepts/tools.

Completed or working towards a post graduate qualification in System Safety Engineering is highly desirable.