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System Safety Engineer

Employer
Synergize Consulting Ltd
Location
South East Dorset
Salary
Up to £42,300 per annum + benefits (there maybe some wiggle room for the right candidate - DoE)
Closing date
19 Feb 2021

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Clearance Level
DV, SC
Sector
Aerospace, Defence, Engineering, Information Technology
Job Type
Permanent

Our client, a Multinational defence company, are currently seeking an experienced Systems Safety Engineer to join the business on a permanent basis at their busy and secure sites in South East Dorset.

Due to the nature of our clients work, the role requires the successful applicant be will and able to undergo the government SC clearance Vetting process to achieve this.

As a Systems Safety Engineer you will report to the Project Engineering Manager and Project Design Authority as applicable. You will be required to help in diagnosing and solving customer reported issues. This will involve review and maintenance of project safety documentation and support to implement safe solutions through hands-on integration and test activity with the wide variety of equipment and technology used on the project, including mobile and deployed networking, enterprise computing and bespoke software development.

Falcon is a deployable communications infrastructure currently in service with the Army and the RAF. The programme provides a wide-ranging Contractor Logistics Support service as well as multiple development and procurement Post Design Service (PDS) tasks to enhance and extend the current functionality. In addition, the team participate in numerous bid activities for additional tasks, as well as the next phases of both the support and future development contracts. In short, Falcon is a very active programme with a wide variety of engineering activities to be involved in.

As part of the development team you will have the opportunity to work closely with your team members, as well as providing support to other teams such as business winning, development, test, and support teams. You may also have the opportunity to support and advise Junior Engineers as directed by the Engineering Manager or Design Authority.

Your main responsibilities as a Systems Safety Engineer will involve: 

  • Providing Systems Engineering support to business development activities, including study/experimentation activities, system de-risking activities
  • Managing Safety Engineering to deliver ongoing support and Post Design Service changes
  • Developing and implementing and designing technical solutions that meet the customer requirements
  • Providing realistic estimates for specified activities to the development lead
  • Reporting accurately on progress
  • Completing work to a high standard and to scope, quality and budget
  • Supporting System Integration Activities
  • Assessing and managing the safety of the project, implementation or subcontract of proposed solutions and the testing involved in verifying them

Your skills and qualifications:

  • A strong Systems engineering background
  • A good understanding of the complete systems engineering lifecycle (e.g. requirements, design, specification, implementation, integration and testing, acceptance), and development tools (e.g. Requirements Management, Modelling and defect reporting systems)
  • Experience producing and implementing Safety Management Systems, Hazard Assessments and Safety Cases
  • Willingness to adapt to the variety of engineering tasks within the project and enthusiasm to extend own knowledge to support this
  • Experience of providing engineering input and support to business development activities would be an advantage
  • A background in Communications, (voice, data and radio products) is highly desirable
  • Demonstrable knowledge or experience in some or all of the following would be especially desirable, in particular their applications in a military context:
  1. Communications technologies: IP networking (including network design), VOIP, Point-to-Point radio links, 4G mobile technologies, network security, network management
  2. Software Operating Systems (Windows Server, Linux, VM Environments)
  3. A good understanding of designing equipment to meet stringent environmental requirements such as EMC, Environmental etc. would be advantageous
  4. Understanding of Design Certification and Product Safety Processes
  5. Familiarity with Export control and ITAR rules and regulations would be desirable

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