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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Nuclear Safety Engineer

Aerospace EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification from an engineering school or equivalent, with a specialization in Instrumentation and Control-Command, Electronics, or Electromechanics.
  • At least five years of experience in Functional Safety, industrial risk engineering, or preferably nuclear safety, gained in a demanding sector such as nuclear, defense, space, aeronautics, or other high-risk industries.
  • Knowledge of risk-analysis methods including preliminary risk analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and fault-tree analysis.
  • Knowledge of safety-case approaches and defense-in-depth principles.
  • Ability to characterize and analyze environments under normal and accident conditions, including thermal, vibration, radiation, and electromagnetic compatibility conditions.
  • Strong technical writing skills for producing safety reports.
  • Advanced English and French are mandatory.
  • The role may require access to classified national-defense information and is subject to a security-clearance procedure under French defense regulations.
  • Analytical rigor and critical thinking; ability to structure and argue a technical demonstration; comfort working across multiple disciplines; autonomy and responsibility; ability to work in a confidential and constrained environment.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct risk analyses, including preliminary risk analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and HAZOP, to identify incident and accident scenarios and characterize normal and degraded operating conditions; define associated safety functions and resulting technical requirements.
  • Develop and write safety cases demonstrating compliance with safety objectives; define and justify safety barriers, their independence, and associated safety parameters based on safety approaches and analyses.
  • Coordinate with multidisciplinary systems, structures, electronic components, and operations teams to integrate safety requirements from the design stage; participate in technical reviews and ensure consistency between nuclear safety, functional safety, and operational constraints.
  • Apply applicable regulatory frameworks, standards, rules, and good practices; contribute to customer discussions; maintain traceability of analyses and justify safety decisions.
  • Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement of analysis methods and tools.
  • Occasionally support junior colleagues’ development.
  • Work on the development and operation of complex launcher-type systems in constrained space and military environments, at customer premises or the Élancourt agency.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of critical electronic architectures and programmable components such as FPGA, CPLD, and embedded systems.
  • Understanding of robust-design constraints, including fault tolerance, redundancy, hardening, and interactions between environments and equipment.
  • Experience integrating safety demonstrations within a broader systems-engineering context.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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