Location: Luton (4 days per week onsite) Duration: 6 month contract Rate: -88.97ph UMB (Inside IR35)
Role details:
A major UK defence programme is seeking an experienced Lead/Principal Safety Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced sensor, communications, and non-kinetic effect systems.
This role involves working across complex, interdependent subsystems as part of a cutting-edge technology demonstrator programme in the air defence domain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert safety guidance to support system safety authorisation.
- Ensure safety activities follow agreed plans and are correctly executed.
- Identify and analyse both intrinsic and functional hazards; develop mitigation strategies to reduce risk to ALARP.
- Derive and manage safety requirements across multiple subsystems.
- Review and integrate subsystem safety analyses into a complete system-level assessment.
- Align subsystem safety with aircraft-level safety cases.
- Support and present safety assessments at formal design reviews.
What we are looking for in you:
- Strong systems safety engineering background in safety-critical sectors (preferably aerospace or defence).
- Able to manage complex system interactions and lead multi-disciplinary safety activities.
- Comfortable navigating aircraft-level safety regulations.
- Skilled in working across engineering lifecycles and managing stakeholders.
- Safety analysis of complex, high-integrity systems.
- Leadership of safety work packages across multiple teams.
- Familiarity with standards such as ARP4754B, ARP4761A, DO-254, or DO-178C.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Desirable skills:
- Experience with high-complexity design and high-uncertainty environments.
- Knowledge of radar, sensors, lasers, or defensive aid systems.
- Awareness of InfoSec considerations.
- Familiarity with: Cameo, DOORS, Adelard ASCE, or Isograph tools.
- Involvement in safety forums (e.g., IET, SCSC).
Apply today via the link provided!
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