System Safety Engineer

Location Warwickshire
Job type: Contract
Salary: £33.88p/h UMBRELLA
Contact name: Johanna Cowan

Contact email: jcowan@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245403560
Job ref: 36117758
Published: 13 days ago
Duration: 9 Months
Expiry date: 10 Dec 2025 23:59
Startdate: ASAP

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Duties:

  • Reviews product systems, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems.

  • Independently analyses and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.

  • Develops safety documents as required to support customer and test/operational range requirements.

  • Performs audits of operational areas and reports effectiveness of system safety program. Participates in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assists in identification of causes and corrective actions.

  • Evaluates the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost effective program.

  • Level: A Specialist Professional (P4) is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

Responsibilities typically include:

  • Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.

  • Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals.

  • Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

Skills & Experience:

  • HV system knowledge  & ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) knowledge all the parts BEV & PHEV HV system architecture knowledge Design Validation (DV) and Production Validation (PV)

  • Experience with full Safety Lifecycle from Hazard analysis and risk assessments through to safety validation

  • Ability to Lead safety analysis activities across interdisciplinary teams

  • Strong technical writing and Documentation skills

  • Hands on experience with safety verification testing and fault injection testing.

Education:

  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics or related field.

  • Additional certification in Functional safety.

  • 7-10 years Functional Safety HV system

  • ASIL (Automotive Safety Integrity Level) assessments and FMEA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)

  • Strong understanding of High Voltage Architectures (batteries, inverters, power distribution, charger, DCDC)