Senior Systems Engineer - System Safety Analysis

About the role

EDGE is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer for its ADASI business unit, which develops autonomous systems and services for air, land and sea. The engineer plans, executes, assesses and manages system safety activities for UAV platforms and their systems, ensuring they meet aerospace and defense safety standards and airworthiness requirements. The role leads safety assessments across the development lifecycle, identifying hazards, assessing risks and mitigating them.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain system safety requirements for UAVs, avionics, mission systems and flight-critical subsystems, and establish the system safety program under SAE ARP4754A, ARP4761, MIL-STD-882E and AEP-4671.
• Perform FHA, develop PSSA, SSA, PRA, ZSA, CCA and FTA, run FMEA/FMECA, allocate DALs and trace safety requirements through the lifecycle.
• Carry out system-level safety assessments for avionics, flight control, fuel, hydraulic, landing gear, propulsion, electrical, communication and mission systems, and support integration of COTS and custom systems.
• Develop safety verification strategies, review V&V activities, and support test readiness reviews, ground testing, simulation, HIL and flight testing.
• Ensure compliance with SAE ARP4754A, ARP4761, MIL-STD-882E, NATO AEP-4671, DO-178C, DO-254, STANAG and GCAA requirements, and support airworthiness certification and supplier safety assessments.
• Maintain hazard logs, risk registers, safety cases and technical documentation such as FHAP, SSA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA reports, CCAP, PRAs and safety plans.
• Lead system safety workgroups, take part in technical reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR, QR, FCA, PCA), mentor junior engineers and support accident investigations and lessons learned.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, aeronautical, avionics, systems, electrical/electronic, mechanical engineering or a related field (required); Master's preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, UAV, military or commercial aviation engineering.
• Demonstrated experience performing system safety assessments on airborne platforms.
• Background in avionics, flight control, fuel, landing gear, hydraulic, propulsion, electrical power or mission systems.
• Experience supporting certification, qualification, military airworthiness or regulatory compliance programs.

Required skills

• Proven experience applying SAE ARP4754A, SAE ARP4761, MIL-STD-882E and NATO AEP-4671.
• Preferred: INCOSE ASEP, CSEP or ESEP; MIL-STD-882 training; practical experience with ARP4754A, ARP4761 and AEP-4671.
• Advantageous: ASQ CRE, functional safety (IEC 61508), DO-178C/DO-254 training, AS9100/ISO 9001 awareness; experience supporting military, UAV, rotorcraft or civil aircraft certification.