Product Safety Engineer

## Product Safety Engineer Apply remote type:
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Building 550 - Bristol Business Parktime type:
Full time posted on:
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July 10, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
R0328650

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Building 550 - Bristol Business Park, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.
** Product Safety Engineer
**** Bristol, Reading or Crawley
** Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace, Defence and Digital Security sectors, operating across 68-countries and continuing to expand. We are heavily investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – Big Data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cyber security and quantum technology – to build a future we can all  the UK, Thales develops and engineers cutting edge products and technologies such as autonomous platforms (air and maritime), high performance sonar arrays, Air Traffic Management systems, electronic warfare & counter measure systems.

We’re expanding our central safety team, which operate across highly critical development programmes and serve as a Thales UK Subject Matter Expert function. The position of Product Safety Engineer is a senior level position are we’re ideally looking for a Safety professional with a strong understanding of System Safety to join us.

Typically, your day-to-day responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
* Developing safety plans & ensuring the implementation at project level
* Applying and leveraging your knowledge of Systems Safety Engineering to complex systems and supporting/mentoring junior Product Safety / Systems Safety Engineers
* Leading, managing and sometimes undertaking systems safety activities and assessments
* Ensuring that Thales products are supported by robust safety cases and evidence
* Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks
* Undertaking Systems Safety activities and assessment
* Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks
* Working across a range of activities at various stages of the systems engineering lifecycle.
** What we are looking for:
*** Experience of Systems Safety Engineering activities in a complex, safety focused and regulated organisation, such as rail, aerospace, defence, nuclear or oil & gas
* Experience of preparing Safety Cases and familiar with ALARP principles and arguments
* Demonstrable experience of undertaking Systems Safety activities including System Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Common Cause Failure Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Interface Hazard Analysis (IHA), System Hazard Logs, System Hazard Analysis Reports
* Ability to work collaboratively in an engineering development environment, ensuring Systems Safety compliance is achieved throughout the project life cycle
** Security Clearance statement
** This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance.  Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.  In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting -  ()
** What we can offer
** We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include bonus, a strong pension contribute plan matched up to 7%, Private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.
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