Overview
As a Senior System Safety & Environmental Engineer, you will lead safety strategy for mission-critical defence programmes and ensure certification and safety compliance across the system lifecycle. You’ll influence design decisions, mentor teams, and drive risk reduction in complex, regulation-heavy environments. This role shapes end-to-end safety assurance from concept to disposal, delivering trusted, safe solutions for customers. Join a growing, high-velocity organisation tackling advanced defence technologies.
Pay / Benefits
- Performance-related bonus
- Half day every Friday
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (buy up to 40 hours)
- Private healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Life cover
Responsibilities
- Lead S&EM activities within integrated project teams and ensure compliance with the IAS Safety Management System
- Conduct hazard identification, analysis, and risk assessment; define safety and environmental requirements across performance, design, interfaces and verification
- Influence multidisciplinary teams with evidence-based safety arguments to sustain S&EM requirements through the lifecycle
- Champion regulatory compliance and promote best practice across IAS programmes
- Plan and manage S&EM work packages, estimate engineering effort, produce hazard analyses and safety cases, and assemble assurance evidence for certification
Key requirements
- Proven experience leading Safety Engineering in complex, highly regulated programmes
- Expertise in hazard analysis, risk assessment and safety case development with robust assurance evidence
- Knowledge of safety-critical systems engineering, programmable elements, and assurance methods like SILs and DALs
- Understanding of safety standards, legislation, and environmental management, including Defence Standard 00-055
- Whole-life systems engineering capability from concept to in-service operation
- Chartered Engineer status or professional membership desirable
- Influencing multidisciplinary teams
- Strong communication and argumentation for safety cases
- Mentoring and leadership
- Hazard analysis and risk assessment
- Safety case development and assurance evidence
- Safety-critical systems engineering for programmable elements
Senior System Safety and Environmental Engineer (IAS) in Belfast employer: Thales Group
Thales is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of Crawley. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide extensive training opportunities, competitive benefits including private medical insurance and annual bonuses, and a supportive environment where your contributions directly impact the future of technology. Join us to be part of a team that values diversity, encourages creativity, and prioritises ethical AI solutions.
