Safety and Reliability Engineer

Salary: £42,000 – £50,400 per year

Safety and Reliability Engineer

Permanent

Solihull

Aerospace Industry

Our client, a leading Aerospace and Defence company, are looking for a Safety and Reliability Engineer to join their team in Solihull on a permanent basis. As future technologies evolve towards the More Electric Aircraft, our client has a significant need for high performance electric motors and drives across its broad product portfolio. The Motor Drive Systems Centre is creating a world-class capability in the design and manufacture of high performance electric motors and motor drive systems, working closely with other divisions both as customers and partners, to establish superior, differentiated technologies for future Motor Drive Systems.

Purpose of the Role:

Working in a multi-discipline environment providing Safety & Reliability (S&R) support on Motor Drive equipment for use on civil and military aircraft throughout a project, starting from the concept design stage. Must be able to work in close liaison with customers, suppliers and work-share partners.

Experience and Responsibilities:

The candidate should have a degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline, with a significant experience working as a Safety / Reliability Engineer, ideally gained in the aerospace industry although other industries would also be considered. The candidate should be able to understand electrical and electronics schematics and be able to work from card (PCB) level to system level.

Key responsibilities include:

• Undertaking quantitative / qualitative safety & reliability analyses and producing associated technical reports / documentation
• Derivation of Safety Requirements in System/HW/SW Specifications
• Involvement in System Architecture development for Safety Critical Systems

This should not be considered an exhaustive list of the duties of the position; it is meant to give a general description of what the main duties are, recognising that the successful job incumbent may be requested to fulfil assignments in other departments within the business, commensurate with the level of this role.

Essential Technical Requirements:

• FMEA / FMECA – Failure Mode, Effects and (Criticality) Analysis
• FTA – Fault Tree Analysis
• Hazard Analysis Techniques
• Common Mode AnalysiS

Competent in using the following tools:

• Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project tools
• Requirement Management tool – DOORS

Experience or knowledge of some of the following analysis techniques would be desirable:

• FHA – Functional Hazard Analysis
• PSSA – Preliminary System Safety Analysis
• SSA – System Safety Analysis
• RBD – Reliability Block Diagram
• Reliability Predictions

Experience or knowledge of some of the following standards would be desirable:

• CS-25 Certification Specifications Large Aeroplanes, Part 25.1309
• System Level DAL: SAE ARP 4754
• Safety techniques: SAE ARP 4761
• Airplane Level Safety: SAE ARP 5150
• DAL Hardware/Firmware: RTCA DO-254
• DAL Software: RTCA DO-178
• SEU Radiation calculations: IEC TS62396 & JEDEC JESD89A
• Std: MIL-STD-882D
• Def Std 00-54 / 00-56
• MIL-HDBK-217Plus
• MIL-HDBK-338B

Experience in the following Software Packages would be desirable:

• Isograph Fault Tree +
• Isograph Reliability Work Bench
• CAFTA Fault Tree Analysis

This position may involve access to export controlled information and hardware where an export license would be required for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Employment will be subject to satisfactory security checks, export license approval, and if required, completion of a non-disclosure agreement.

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