Systems Safety Engineer in Crawley

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.

Thales develops and engineers cutting‑edge products and technologies such as autonomous platforms (air and maritime), high‑performance sonar arrays, Air Traffic Management systems, electronic warfare and counter‑measure systems. As part of the UK Safety Team you will have the opportunity to lead safety engineering activities on complex projects while continuing to develop your safety engineering knowledge.

We’re recruiting for a System Safety Engineer who either has experience of defence systems or has worked within safety‑critical industries and would be eager to gain experience in defence and aerospace. If you don’t have aerospace or defence experience, but you are particularly interested in complex engineering challenges, we would welcome a discussion with you – we have had great success from candidates from related industries such as Oil & Gas, Rail, Medical and Automotive.

Role & Responsibilities

• Undertake activities identified in Safety Management Plans as directed by the Project Safety Manager
• Record and archive project safety requirements and ensure they are included on the project design baseline
• Identify and analyse accidents, hazards and risks
• Create and maintain project Hazard Logs, including appropriate traceability to the causes, consequences, risk control measures and assumptions
• Collate and configure evidence necessary to complete Safety Assessments/Cases
• Capture, report and resolve safety issues
• Create reports and artefacts to support safety assessments and cases, including deliverable items

Experience and Skills Required

• Bachelor’s Degree (BEng, BSc) or equivalent in a numerate, scientific or engineering subject or higher education training and experience
• Experience in Naval Combat Systems or Highly Integrated Systems
• Working knowledge of Safety Management System processes, having regularly implemented SMS processes to meet project requirements
• Familiar with different types of safety analysis techniques (FTA, Event Tree, FMECA, RBD, LOPA, QRA) and their application
• Understand safety assessment processes, how they meet requirements and have implemented them on safety programmes
• Familiar with, and understand the requirements and purpose of Safety Management Plans, having implemented them for simple products and managed the work package activities
• Familiar with processes by which safety requirements are captured, recorded and managed
• Know standards and can identify sources of safety requirements (Def Stan, BS EN, ISO, IEC, etc.)
• Good working knowledge of formal Hazard ID and risk assessment methodologies (HAZID, HAZOP, FHA, BowTies, etc.), knowing which is appropriate to use and having implemented them on projects

Security Clearance Statement

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. To be eligible for full security clearance you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last five years. In some circumstances a minimum of three years’ residence in the UK over the last five years may be accepted with additional overseas checks.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and 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 bonus, a strong pension contribution plan matched up to 7%, private healthcare, development‑focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required, along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.

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. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring.

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.