System Safety Engineer

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a System Safety Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position until 31st March 2026.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.

Duties:

• Reviews product systems, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems.
• Independently analyses and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.
• Develops safety documents as required to support customer and test/operational range requirements.
• Performs audits of operational areas and reports effectiveness of system safety program.
• Participates in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assists in identification of causes and corrective actions.
• Evaluates the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost-effective program.

Skills Required:

• HV system knowledge & ISO 26262 (Functional Safety).
• Knowledge all the parts BEV & PHEV HV system architecture.
• Knowledge of Design Validation (DV) and Production Validation (PV).
• Experience with full Safety Lifecycle from Hazard analysis and risk assessments through to safety validation.
• Ability to Lead safety analysis activities across interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
• Hands on experience with safety verification testing and fault injection testing.

Education Required:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics or related field.
• Additional certification in Functional safety.
• Functional Safety HV System experience.
• ASIL (Automotive Safety Integrity Level) assessments and FMEA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis).
• Strong understanding of High Voltage Architectures (batteries, inverters, power distribution, charger, DCDC).