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Working within the Integrated Sensors & Protection Line of Business. You will support the Design Authorities to assure safety of products.\nYou will provide assurance that products comply with Safety, Environmental and Legislative requirements, primarily within the land, naval and airborne domains. Working with other safety specialists, you will play an active role in maintaining and enhancing the Product Safety and Environmental Impact Management System, which is integral to Design Integrity.\nThe role can offer flexible home working, with the expectation of travel within the UK and occasional international trips.\nWhat you will do\nThe Principal Safety Engineer will typically produce the following artefacts:\nSafety and Environmental Plans\n\nSafety and Environmental Case Reports and supporting documentation\n\nHazard Logs, and associated\n\nFunctional Hazard Analysis (FHA),\n\nPhysical Hazard Analysis,\n\nFault Tree Analysis (FTA)\n\nAssessment of supplier safety compliance, in accordance with legislative and contractual safety requirements.\n\nSafety analysis activity reports such as Product/ System Safety Assessment Reports\n\nSafety input to life-cycle management core engineering processes, design reviews (e.g. PDR and CDR)\n\nDevelop Environmental Suite of documents including:\n\nEnvironmental Features Matrix\n\nEnvironmental Impact Screening and Scoping (EISS) report\n\nEnvironmental Impact Statement (EIS)\n\nProvide safety SME input to Systems projects.\n\nWhat we need from you\nWe make the best products, and we can only do that with the best people. We encourage and support every engineer to develop, own and drive ambitions and goals.\nIdeally, you will have an engineering orscience-based Honours degree and have worked in industry, defence or will have relevant experience such as the below\nExperience analysing complex systems from a safety perspective, considering the system functions\n\nKnowledge and experience of Safety Case development for complex systems within an Electronics or Avionics discipline\n\nExperience of working with Def Stan 00-051, 00-055, 00-056, IEC 61508 (or similar)\n\nYou must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and will require access to caveated information such as UK eyes only\n\nIt would be nice if you had:\nUnderstanding of RTCA DO-178 and DO254 or IEC 61508\n\nExperience in implementing or improving Safety Management Systems\n\nSecurity Clearance\nYou must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels\nLife at Leonardo\nWith a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.\nFlexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us\n\nCompany funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)\n\nHolidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year\n\nPension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)\n\nWellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)\n\nLifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme\n\nTraining: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera\n\nReferral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member\n\nBonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below\n\nFor a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.\nLeonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.\nAt Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.\nThis is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo’s future. 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