Systems Safety Engineer (Boeing)
08th Feb, 2022 Read time 3 minutes

Systems Safety Engineer (Boeing)

Company Website: https://jobs.boeing.com/
Location: Bristol
Last Updated: 11th March 2022

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Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company and currently employs over 1,200 people in the UK. We are responsible for delivering several exciting contracts to our UK defence customers including new capabilities like the E-7 AEW&C and the P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, C4ISR Services, Support for the Chinook & Apache Fleets, Logistic Information Services and Training Services and are very much in a growth phase

As the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defence, space and security systems. We need 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.
These roles provide Systems Safety Engineering expertise at various levels to internal safety engineering programmes. Undertaking all systems safety activities in support of UK safety cases for modifications to aerospace platforms, aircraft systems and training equipment as required.

The Apache System Safety Engineer role will provide systems safety engineering expertise and technical input into internal safety engineering activities of the programme. Undertaking all systems safety activities in support of UK Apache Service and Training Equipment Safety Cases as required.
The SCIS safety Leader and Engineer role provides systems safety engineering expertise and technical input into internal safety engineering activities to the Support Chain Information Service and the Bridging the Gap programmes. Developing safety arguments and evidence to support the safety assessment of the safety related applications used by the MOD.
The Chinook safety engineer role will provide safety engineering experience expertise and technical input into internal safety engineering activities to the Chinook H47 safety case and in-service safety case

Reporting to the BDUK System Safety and Environmental Engineering Manager, and the relevant Programme Manager, any successful candidate will work as part of a Safety Management Team or as the Safety Lead for a given BDUK programme.

Responsibilities:
Safety planning and support for the following safety activities: Safety Programme scoping and planning, Resource Workload Planning, Support to Bids and Proposals, Identify, monitor and execute risks, issues and opportunities and support the development of mitigation plans
Undertake the development of Safety artefacts and associated documentation for the Information Systems portfolio of safety related applications or the BDUK System and Service aspects of the Chinook Programme in accordance with MoD Safety Policy, Defence Standard 00-056 and associated international standards including the development, maintenance and update of:

  • Safety Management Planning,
  • Aircraft loss model development
  • In-Service safety case development for maintenance and operation of aircraft or information service provision
  • Safety Assessments for Safety Related data and Information Systems and the selection and application of appropriate Software Safety techniques.
  • Hazard Identification and Analysis techniques including but not limited to: HazID, Functional Failure Analysis, Structured What If Technique (SWIFT).
  • Hazard Logs using the CASSANDRA or other Hazard Log tools (inc DOORS).
  • Safety Cases, Safety Case Reports for Products and Services for information systems applications or aircraft
  • Safety Arguments using Claims, Argument Evidence and Goal Structuring Notation using the Adelard Safety Case Environment (ASCE).
  • Failure investigations
  • Fault and Event Tree Analysis

Ensure close liaison, through proactive collaborative behaviour, with other Boeing, Customer and Supplier technical disciplines to ensure appropriate evidence is available to support the Safety Cases.
Proactively support Customer and Supplier Safety Meetings and chair internal and customer-facing System Safety Working Groups.
Some UK travel is expected.

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