Senior Safety Engineer (Land) in Hampshire

As a Senior Safety Engineer, you will play a key role in assuring the safety of some of the UK's most complex and innovative defence capabilities, helping customers safely exploit software, digital, data‑driven, and AI‑enabled systems. Working across Defence Digital, Land and Air programmes, you will support the delivery of independent safety advice, safety assessments, and safety assurance activities for military capabilities. Projects are predominantly software and data intensive, requiring a strong understanding of systems safety, data integrity, software assurance, and emerging technologies.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll lead safety engineering activities, develop safety cases and hazard assessments, engage directly with defence customers and stakeholders, and provide technical leadership across a range of complex programmes. You’ll work closely with software developers, systems engineers and compliance teams to ensure safety requirements are understood, implemented, and evidenced throughout the project lifecycle.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading safety engineering activities across software, digital and data‑driven defence projects
• Producing and reviewing safety artefacts including Safety Case Reports, Hazard Logs and safety assessments
• Applying safety analysis techniques such as FMEA, HAZOP, SWIFT and Functional Failure Analysis
• Providing independent safety advice to customers and supporting capability acceptance and certification activities
• Mentoring junior engineers and providing technical oversight of project deliverables
• Supporting business growth through technical input into bids and proposals

Essential experience of the Senior Safety Engineer:

• Proven experience in systems safety engineering on UK defence projects within one or more domains including Land, Air, Maritime or Defence Digital
• Experience producing safety artefacts such as Safety Cases, Hazard Logs and safety arguments
• Strong understanding of safety engineering principles and recognised safety analysis techniques
• Experience engaging with customers and stakeholders, communicating complex technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple activities and deliver to project deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and presentation experience

Essential qualifications for the Senior Safety Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Eligible to obtain and maintain SC Security Clearance
• Professional registration (IEng/CEng) or working towards professional registration is desirable

Benefits:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and more
• Support for the Armed Forces community through the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities – helping charities and local community

This role is 37 hours per week, based at our Farnborough site with hybrid working available and a minimum average site attendance of three days per week. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected. Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.