Systems Safety Engineers (All Levels)

At Leonardo in Edinburgh, we are looking for several Systems Safety Engineers to join our team.
Leonardo 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 7,000 are UK-based.

The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh, is uniquely positioned as one of the world’s top manufacturers of radars, lasers and infrared countermeasure systems.

As a Systems Safety Engineer, you will work within one of our Integrated Programme Teams (IPTs) on a critical, complex system, such as radar or electro-optic sensing solutions. You will contribute to the development of cutting-edge product development, providing advanced capability and protection to UK platforms.

We want to make the best products, and we can only do that with the best people. We encourage and support engineers to develop, own and drive their ambitions and goals to become better every day.

Are you an experienced systems safety engineer looking for a new opportunity? Where you can apply and expand your skillset and knowledge? Then we want to speak to you.

What you’ll get
Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their personal lifestyle goals.
Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
Carers (employees caring for families or friends)
Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
ride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
Training: Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
Continuous Learning: You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
Investors in People: We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
Employee Assistance Programme: Providing free and confidential mental health support
Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days

To find out about all of our Company benefits please visit our careers page
Day to day, you will be conducting safety assessments of Radar and Advanced Targeting systems, working closely with other engineers in a variety of disciplines. You will:
Use safety analysis skills across the full system lifecycle: from requirements analysis (including bids and contracting); through design, development; to system integration, acceptance testing and delivery
Identify hazards and investigate them using functional failure analysis and other techniques, identifying the necessary mitigations to reduce safety risks, and taking part in design trade-offs to implement them
Evidence your decisions using the data available to you, through fault tree analysis, scenario analysis, and various other techniques
Present the outcomes of safety analysis
Take part in incident or observation analysis as required
Work closely with many different engineering disciplines, customers, partners and suppliers to solve complex problems
Contribute to continual improvement of the Company Safety Management System

You will be working with supportive, talented and innovative engineers, whilst also building strong relationships with our customers and partners. Dependent on experience, you may also lead technical activities and initiatives, or you may mentor and coach other engineers.

We are relentless about inclusion. We understand an inclusive environment is one that welcomes everyone as they are. We see diversity as a strength. We still have some way to go to achieving diverse teams across our whole business. We would like you to be part of our journey to creating that better balance and welcome applications from all individuals from all walks of life as we build a stronger company together.