Senior Functional Safety Engineer (Aviation)
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Senior Functional Safety Engineer (Aviation)
The
Location
The post is primarily based in Lincolnshire but may
require occasional travel to other sites within the UK.
The
Role
As a result of our continued success and business expansion we
are delighted to offer an opportunity for a Senior Functional Safety
Engineer to join our award-winning team to support the on-going
development of our bespoke mission systems.
Working directly
for the Safety and Security Technical Authority, the main duties of
the role will include:
- Conducting safety analysis on
Company-designed mission support systems, including Mission Planning
Systems and tablet-based obstacle warning, navigation and EFB
products.
- Producing GECO System Hazard Analysis Reports.
-
Producing GECO System Safety Assessment Reports.
- Maintaining the
GECO System Hazard Log and producing GECO System Hazard Log
Reports.
- Supporting the on-going maintenance, control and
configuration management of all documentation and records relating to
Mission Systems' Safety Management System.
The Person
You
will have experience in safety-critical systems engineering and must
be motivated by the challenge of analysing complex systems to identify
and control safety risk.
The successful candidate will:
-
Be a proactive individual with a 'can-do attitude' who can work with
only minimal supervision and who is not afraid to contribute their own
suggestions and ideas to improve product safety.
- Possess
excellent attention to detail and have the discipline to consistently
produce high-quality output whilst satisfying the requirements of
applicable standards.
- Have an inquisitive/analytical mind, be
able to research issues independently and suggest pragmatic,
business-focused solutions.
Qualifications and
Experience
Applicants should have:
- A degree in a relevant
engineering discipline (e.g. Safety-Critical Systems Engineering,
Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Software Engineering),
or;
- A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience working in a
safety-related role within a relevant sector (e.g. military air or
civil air).
Skills:
Essential
- Experience of
software- and safety-related standards such as: RTCA DO-178C, RTCA
DO-200B (ED-76A) and Def Stan 00-056.
- Experience of demonstrating
the functional safety of complex systems.
- Experience of working
with common safety engineering tools and techniques, for example:
o Developing safety assurance cases using Goal-Structuring Notation
(GSN) or Claims-Argument-Evidence (CAE).
o Conducting Functional
Failure Analysis (FFA); Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)/
Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
-
Experience of system hazard log development and management.
-
Experience of producing System Safety Assessment
Reports.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Military Aviation
Authority Regulatory Publications.
- Experience of demonstrating
functional safety within the civil air or military air sectors.
-
Experience of demonstrating functional safety within software
intensive systems.
- Experience of working with aviation mission
planning systems.
- Experience of working with electronic flight
bag applications/standards.
- Experience of aircraft integration
requirements and challenges.
- Experience of stakeholder management
within the Defence Air Environment.
Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.