Principal Safety Engineer

at  General Dynamics Mission Systems United Kingdom

Blackwood NP12, Cymru / Wales, United Kingdom -

Start DateExpiry DateSalaryPosted OnExperienceSkillsTelecommuteSponsor Visa
Immediate30 Nov, 2024GBP 75000 Annual02 Sep, 2024N/AGood communication skillsNoNo
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Description:

Company Description
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
Job Description
As Principal Safety Engineer you will undertake a valued and critical role. You will be accountable for enacting the GDUK Safety Policy within the Design Services Contract (DSC), other contracted work and Internal product development, primarily this is discharged by execution of Safety Management Programmes to address Functional and Non-Functional Safety aspects.
The successful candidate will likely be a Chartered Engineer with several years’ experience of leading safety elements of large programmes and sometimes delivering across multiple project/programmes. The ability to input into the business’s safety capability, provide strategic safety leadership and deliver flexible and innovative approaches in the military land, sea and air environment, is a major requirement of this role.
The candidate will be responsible for the creation and management of Safety Plans and Safety & Environmental Cases in accordance with GDUK processes.
They will provide analysis of software and hardware design capabilities in order to identify hazards, their causes and consequences, and formulates specific functional safety requirements and/or operational processes
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Qualifications
To be successful in this position you should be able to demonstrate breadth and depth of experience/competence in Safety Engineering for large scale system of systems, or a background that provides the equivalent transferable experience/competence. Demonstrable ability to lead a Safety Engineering capability and an understanding of Systems Engineering. Chartered Engineer, or equivalent status is highly desirable.

Competence in the following areas:

  • Track record of delivery on Safety and Environmental programmes
  • System and product safety case plans and reports
  • Software Safety
  • Fault Tree and Event Tree Analysis
  • Modular Safety Cases and Goal Structuring Notation (GSN)
  • Def Stan 00-051, 00-055; 00-056; IEC 61508; DSA02.DLSR.LSSR; DO-254; DO-178B and C;

Responsibilities:

  • A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
  • A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
  • A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefit


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

Engineering Design / R&D

Software Engineering

Graduate

Proficient

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Blackwood NP12, United Kingdom