System Safety Engineer
Havant, Hampshire County, PO9, England, UK
Listed on 2026-02-28
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Engineering
Safety Engineer, Systems Engineer
3 month initial contract with possible extensions Havant, Hampshire, Hybrid and Flexi Work Patterns
Lockheed Martin UK Limited (“LMUK”) is a leading prime contractor and systems integrator responsible for a wide portfolio of high technology programmes, complex integration, training, and through-life support, spanning the defence and civil sectors.
The LMUK business, a leading provider of systems engineering, software development and complex programme management for global security, cyber, civil, and commercial markets.
Simply stated, our mission is to be the world’s leading global security and aerospace company. To achieve this mission, RMS draws on its core capabilities in advanced platforms and weapons, C4
ISR, global sustainment, training and sensors.
We have an amazing contract opportunity for a Systems Safety Engineer to join our team in Havant, Hampshire. You will have the opportunity to work on various programmes including CROWSNEST, Merlin, Maritime and future business pursuits.
You will be responsible for supporting our Lead System Safety Engineer in the implementation, co‑ordination and conduct of programme safety and environmental related activities.
This will include developing Safety Cases, associated safety arguments, and the identification and management of hazards inherent in the final product to ensure that we comply with both legislative and contracted Health and Safety.
What will I be doing?- Develop Safety Management Plans, including sub‑contractor/supplier interfacing elements
- Conduct Functional Safety Assessments for System (and optionally software) safety aspects, such as Preliminary Hazard Analysis, System Hazard Analysis, Sub System Hazard Analysis, Functional safety assessment, Occupational and Operating Hazard Analysis.
- Derive safety requirements, including integrity requirements
- Document System Level Safety Arguments, Safety Cases and Safety Reports for System and optionally Software Safety aspects
- Support Project Safety Committees, Safety Review Meeting, Technical Interface Meetings, Safety Review Meetings and Safety Working Groups
- Conduct Zonals and physical safety audits
- Demonstrate compliance with legislative requirements
- Support safety audits and manage findings to closure
- Support development of LM safety processes/procedures and improvements
- Competitive hourly rates
- Predominantly Working from home with occasional travel to a variety of customer sites
- Flexible working including a 4 day working pattern
- UK and EU safety related legislation (e.g. Health and Safety at Work Act)
- Environmental legislation and management systems (eg. ISO
14001 etc.) - Defence and commercial safety standards such as Def Stan 00-056, Def-Stan 00-055, Mil Std 882, IEC
61508, JSP 430), RTCA DO– 178C, and RTCA DO254 - Safety Case development using the Adelard Safety Case Editor (ASCE)
- Event Tree and Fault Tree development using Reliability Work Bench
- Experience of the software development commensurate with Safety Integrity Level 2 including safety aspects of software requirements methodologies, design principles, Coding and verification
- Understanding of the impact of use of COTS equipment and/or of PE reuse in a safety related environment
- Desired Skills for the Role
- Application of the required skills in a military aircraft environment
- Understanding of the Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Articles as they apply to Rotary Aircraft, in particular the RA 1200 series
- Understanding Def-Stan 00-970, and its application to Rotary platforms
- Experience of the PE development commensurate with Safety Integrity Level 3
- Auditing experience, PE in particular
- Programme Element Safety Summary (PESS) development in accordance with Def-Stan 00-055
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 110,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
The role will not be authorized to provide services to Lockheed Martin UK Limited, which are directly related to business development, acquisition, or sales efforts for a Lockheed…
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