Job Description

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Product Safety Engineer
Crawley - Hybrid

We’re recruiting a Product Safety/System Safety/Safety Engineer to support both our Avionics (FLX) and Training & Simulation (TTS) Business Units. We serve a wide variety of domestic and international customers in the aerospace sector, covering both the Civil and Military domains.

Current project and programmes include:

• Supporting the development of our next generation Mission Management Systems or Secure Information System for military helicopter platforms
• The continuing support and sustainment of our in-service products, including Avionics Mission Systems and Secure Intercom Systems.
• Conduct Safety Management activities associated to our Civil and Military Approvals such as Part 145 Maintenance and Part 21G Production activities.

As the Safety Engineer you will providing technical safety inputs to the project/product team, being responsible for developing and execution of safety engineering activities in support of the Product Safety Manager and Safety Assurance Manager. This position can be available at Engineer or Senior Engineer level dependant on experience.

Key Responsibilities

As a Product Safety Engineer within Thales, you will:

• Ensure that the safety engineering activities are executed in accordance with the company’s process, applicable industry standards and best practices
• Perform hazard identification studies (HAZID, HAZOP), hazard analyses (PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA), safety analyses (FFMEA, FMECA, FSA) and hazard management
• Define safety requirements; analyse and evaluate design compliance with safety requirements and safety principles
• Review the adequacy and completeness of the safety evidence and produce the corresponding Safety Case artefacts for sign off by the Safety Authority.

Experience and skills we are looking for:

• Experience in a technical safety role in a safety critical environment.
• Good understanding/knowledge of Product Safety legislation within the UK and Europe (i.e. Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, General Product Safety Regulations 2005, CE marking requirements, etc.)
• Good working knowledge of system safety lifecycle, system requirements definition, safety design concepts (system and software), safety and risk analysis
• Demonstrable experience of best practices, safety methods and techniques (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, FSA) and hazard management

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience of System Safety Engineering in the training & simulation sector is desirable however experience of Safety Engineering in other complex, safety focused and regulated organisations such as rail, aerospace, nuclear or oil & gas would be advantageous
• Demonstrable experience in the application of safety standards (e.g. Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-051, IEC 61508) or similar is highly desirable.
• Use of DOORS and JIRA.

Security Clearance Statement

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we can offer

We are committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribute, private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provided towards academic and membership attainments.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

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At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.

If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.

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