Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer (Systems Safety & Mission Assurance​)

Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer (Systems Safety & Mission Assurance​)

Company:

Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited

Job Description

System Safety Engineer

Location: Bristol/Yeovil

Grade: Level 2

Job Code: 6PASI2 (6P1)

About Us

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defence, space and security systems. We are engineers, technicians, skilled scientists and thinkers, bold innovators and dreamers.  By joining us, you can help build something better for our customers and for the world, and support our mission to connect, protect and explore our world and beyond.

Boeing Defence UK, located near MOD Abbey Wood in Bristol, is integral to the South West's defence aerospace ecosystem.  BDUK’s total workforce is distributed across 18 key sites in the UK and often co-located with customers.  Our defence workforce of more than 2,100 people in the United Kingdom solve current and emerging defence and security challenges and deliver sustainment, training and support services for the British armed forces.

About the job

Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) System Safety and Environmental Engineering Team is seeking a System Safety Engineer to join our collaborative environment, which is dedicated to ensuring the safety of complex systems.  As a BDUK System Safety Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting our sustainment programmes for UK defence, applying rigorous safety engineering tasks to Boeing products and services that are critical to our national security.  This is an excellent opportunity for early career or established engineers to step into a safety engineering career pathway while developing your technical skills.

In this role, you will:

• Learn to utilise industry-leading tools and techniques for system safety and hazard analysis to define safety requirements that meet demanding regulatory standards.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to manage safety throughout the product and service lifecycle.

• Assist with the development of safety arguments and safety cases for assurance and certification activities using Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) or Claims Argument Evidence (CAE).

Your skills and qualifications:

• A background in a safety-critical and regulated environment (e.g., aerospace, defence, rail, automotive).

• Familiarity of common safety standards (e.g., Def Stan 00-056, MIL-STD-882E) and the application of safety analysis methods such as Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Bowtie analysis.

• The ability to plan and execute tasks to achieve timescales and costs.

• Good interpersonal skills to ensure effective team working and an appropriate working relationship with external customers.

• Proficiency in the use of general office IT tools, such as MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.

• Strong technical communication skills.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or significant professional experience.

• UK National status is required, and candidates must be eligible for SC clearance.

The position offers flexible working options and may require occasional UK or international travel.

Personal Development

Boeing provides opportunities for our people to develop and aims to provide a rewarding work life balance. Our success depends on motivated, committed, trusted employees, who feel they play a part in helping the business grow, and our business priorities are achieved by developing and empowering our people and celebrating success. As an Enterprise, our people have access to significant resources, and programmes to enable diverse career development pathways to be defined.

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)