Safety Systems Engineer

Job Title – Safety Systems Engineer

Job Location – Brighton, UK

Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

Job ID – 46884

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of our Release Systems & Antennas division operating in the Aerospace domain. For over 70 years, L3Harris has designed and developed industry-leading carriage and release systems for fighter, rotary-wing and unmanned platforms and we design, manufacture and test a large portion of our release systems portfolio in our Brighton facility which offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon.

Please note, our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

We are seeking a Safety Systems Engineer with experience or exposure to safety engineering to join our Systems Engineering function and support the development, integration, and verification of complex aerospace systems. The role will contribute to the definition of system safety requirements, safe system architectures, and integration activities while ensuring that safety considerations are embedded throughout the engineering lifecycle.

The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary engineering team, collaborating with mechanical, electrical test engineers, and the head of airworthiness to deliver robust and compliant aerospace systems.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working available upon completion of probationary period.
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Support, lead or contribute to the development of system safety artefacts in accordance with aerospace and defence standards.
• Support, lead or contribute performing hazard identification and analysis activities.
• Support, lead or contribute to safety assessments such as:

o          Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA)

o          Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)

o          Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

o          Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

• Support, lead or contribute to the development and maintenance of Hazard Logs.
• Ensure safety requirements are captured, allocated, and verified within the system design.
• Support product certification, airworthiness, and regulatory approval activities.
• Support airworthiness governance activities, including preparation for and participation in Airworthiness Review Boards and safety governance forums.
• Work closely with design, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams.
• Support engagement with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Assist in resolving technical issues and integration challenges.
• Contribute to engineering risk management and programme governance activities.

What you’ll bring 

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline with 6+ years of experience working within the Aerospace/Defence industry in the System Safety domain. Applications are welcomed from engineers at all stages of their career.
• Experience working within complex engineering systems (aerospace, defence, or safety-critical industries).
• Understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with Defence Standard 00-056 Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-882E System Safety.
• Ability to work within multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience with hazard analyses (FMEA, FTA, FHA).

Desirable

• Understanding of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 Systems and Software Engineering Lifecycle Processes.
• Experience using requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS, Jama, Polarion, or equivalent.
• Experience preparing or supporting safety cases and certification evidence packages.
• Understanding of reliability, maintainability, and supportability engineering principles.
• Experience with ReliaSoft reliability and safety analysis tools.
• Aerospace or defence programme experience involving airworthiness governance and safety assurance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

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