Senior Systems Safety Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Systems Safety Engineer with 5+ years of safety experience to ensure the safety and compliance of complex systems in highly regulated environments. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex and safety-critical programmes across Defence, Aerospace, Rail, Nuclear, and other regulated sectors, helping to ensure systems are designed, developed, and operated safely throughout their lifecycle.

Location: Bristol or Crawley

On-site: Hybrid (3 days per week)

Seniority: Senior (5+ years of Safety Experience)

Security Clearance: Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain SC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver Systems Safety Engineering activities across the full project lifecycle within highly regulated and safety-critical environments.
• Develop and maintain Safety Cases, ensuring robust safety arguments and compliance with ALARP principles.
• Perform and support safety analyses including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Common Cause Failure Analysis, Interface Hazard Analysis (IHA), Hazard Analysis Reports, and Hazard Log management.
• Identify, capture, manage, and verify safety requirements, ensuring safety considerations are embedded throughout system development.
• Support the planning and delivery of safety engineering work packages, including management of technical scope, priorities, and stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure compliance with applicable safety standards, regulatory frameworks, and project safety management processes.

Requirements

Required Skills

• Proven experience in Systems Safety Engineering within Defence, Aerospace, Rail, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, or other highly regulated industries.
• Strong experience developing and managing Safety Cases and producing robust ALARP arguments.
• Extensive experience applying safety analysis techniques including FTA, ETA, FMECA, FFA, Hazard Analysis, Hazard Logs, and IHA.
• Experience working within a formal Safety Management System and implementing safety processes at project level.
• Knowledge of industry standards including Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-055, EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508, ARP4761, DO-178, and DO-254.
• Understanding of UK and international safety regulatory frameworks and safety compliance requirements.

Soft Skills & Collaboration

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive approach to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to influence engineering decisions and promote a strong safety culture.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or relevant technical military background with equivalent experience.

Desirable Skills

• Experience planning and delivering safety engineering programmes of work.
• Experience managing engineering work packages and budgets.
• Knowledge of safety occurrence investigations and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Experience supporting defence certification, assurance, or approval activities.
• Familiarity with hazard management and safety lifecycle management tools.

We Offer

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle & Tech Scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance & Pension Scheme
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

About the Company

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 35 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, IT and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement & support sustainable transformation.

Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world-today.

Join us and start building tomorrow’s world today.

Why join us?

We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.

At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.

Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.

ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

Compensation: GBP 45000 - GBP 65000 - yearly