Principal Safety Engineer
Core
Lead safety engineering activities for complex defence programmes, product development, and customer-funded projects across military land, maritime, and air domains.
Role type
Principal Safety Engineer (Strategic Leadership & Technical Expert)
Builds
Safety Management Programmes, Safety Cases, and Safety & Environmental Cases for large-scale, safety-critical systems.
Domain
Defence, Military, Avionics, Communication Systems
Required skills
Safety Engineering for large-scale systems, Safety Case development, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), HAZOP Studies, Common Cause Analysis (CCA), Occupational Health Hazard Assessment, Environmental Management principles, Safety Integrity Levels (SILs), Modular Safety Cases, Goal Structuring Notation (GSN), Knowledge of Def Stan 00-051/00-055/00-056, IEC 61508, DO-254, DO-178B/C (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000141463309-principal-safety-engineer-at-general-dynamics-missions-system-international)
Preferred skills
Strategic mindset, Systems-thinking approach, Ability to innovate and solve complex problems
Technologies
Def Stan 00-051, Def Stan 00-055, Def Stan 00-056, IEC 61508, DSA02.DLSR.LSSR, DO-254, DO-178B/C
Responsibilities
Manage Safety Management Programmes, Develop robust Safety Cases, Provide expert guidance to programmes and stakeholders, Ensure compliance with regulatory and customer requirements
Seniority
Principal, Strategic Leadership & Technical Hands-on
