Junior Safety Engineer
Job Description
For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems´ security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.
We are now looking for recent graduates to join Thales Portugal in our team a Junior Safety Engineer. You will collaborate with the Safety Manager and engineering teams to support safety analyses for complex and safety-critical systems.
Responsibilities:
Support the development and implementation of Safety Assurance activities across different projects;
Assist in defining safety requirements, safety plans and contributing to the Safety Programme Plan (SPP);
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure system and software activities comply with applicable safety standards;
Participate in safety analyses and contribute to System Safety Assessments;
Support the preparation of safety deliverables such as Safety Cases and System Safety Assessment Reports (SSAR);
Help identify, track and communicate risks, including residual risks and operational constraints.
Requirements:
Degree in Engineering (e.g., Electrical, Software, Systems, Aerospace or similar);
Basic understanding of system engineering or safety engineering concepts;
Interest in safety-critical systems and defence environments;
Good analytical and problem-solving skills;
Strong communication and teamwork abilities;
Written and Oral proficiency in English.
The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.
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At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to meet you. Below you can Apply now to our role.
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Job Details
- Category
- Aerospace Engineering
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Paço de Arcos - Q45
- Posted
- Apr 12, 2026, 08:00 PM
- Listed
- Apr 13, 2026, 02:14 PM
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