Our client is seeking an experienced Aerospace System Safety Engineer to deliver safety engineering tasks required for the Certification of Commercial Aircraft. The System Safety Engineer will work closely with company colleagues in Seattle, WA to manage safety requirements and develop verification evidence.
The ideal candidate will be a System Safety Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) with a strong background in the safety assessment of aircraft systems in a civil context and can team effectively within an integrated team that is geographically dispersed.
Position Responsibilities:
- Tagging of airplane-level, system-level, and item-level safety requirements sets to show aircraft development assurance process meets the objectives of ARP4754A and support compliance with DO178B/C and DO-254
- Conduct system-level verification and validation tasks aircraft safety related requirements that align to System Safety Assessments (SSAs).
- Develop and/or review safety analysis such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effect Analysis, and Common Mode Analysis to establish verification arguments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to manage safety throughout the product and service lifecycle.
Required Skills:
- Proven ability in an Aerospace Engineering role (ideally 10+ years)
- Proven ability in a System Safety Engineering (6+ years)
- Proven ability with aircraft safety assessment methodologies prescribed by ARP 4761
- Proven ability with the integral process of ARP 4754)
- Proven ability with Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) using Reliability Workbench (RWB) and/or Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA)
Desired Skills
- Formal System Safety Engineering training or academic qualification
- Developing the safety analysis for ATA 27 – Flight Controls
Additional
- This position can be based from site in Bristol or Yeovil, it allows telecommuting/working from home on a flexible basis tbc.
- The selected candidate may be required to undertake occasional international travel.
