Software Assurance and Functional Safety Consultant - #2191471

Summary:
Shape how safety-related software is assessed and accepted across civil and defence engineering. Extend your technical leadership through independent assurance, client advice and mentoring. You will help clients establish whether their software and complex programmable systems are supported by credible safety evidence. Working across the engineering lifecycle, you will connect system risks with software requirements, development decisions and verification results.

Where you will be based
The role is workable from Bristol, Glasgow or Manchester, with time split between the office, client sites and home-working. This is a permanent, full-time role.

Your Responsibilities:

• Leading software assurance and functional safety work, including planning, compliance reviews and assurance strategies.
• Assessing how system hazards translate into software safety requirements and architectural decisions.
• Reviewing development processes, verification evidence, configuration management and change control.
• Conducting independent audits, supplier reviews and gap assessments with clear recommendations.
• Developing and reviewing safety arguments supported by traceable engineering evidence.
• Advising clients, mentoring colleagues and contributing to bids, technical methods and capability development.

Your Experience:
Relevant skills and experience include:

• Understanding embedded and real-time software, interfaces, failure behaviour and software lifecycle processes.
• Assessing requirements, designs, code, test results and traceability to identify weaknesses in assurance evidence.
• Producing clear technical reports and practical recommendations while managing delivery against time, cost and quality expectations.
• Using techniques such as requirements-based testing, structural coverage analysis, static analysis or formal methods.
• Supporting safety cases, supplier assurance or certification activities.

Essential requirements

• Experience developing, verifying or assuring software within safety-related, mission-critical or regulated systems.
• Strong understanding of functional safety and how system hazards inform software requirements.
• Relevant engineering degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to evaluate technical evidence and explain findings clearly to varied audiences.
• Ability to meet the security vetting requirements applicable to individual assignments.

Experience with any of the following is desirable:

• IEC 61508 for functional safety of electrical, electronic and programmable electronic safety-related systems.
• ISO 26262 for automotive functional safety.
• EUROCAE ED-12C / RTCA DO-178C and supporting supplements for airborne software development assurance.
• SAE ARP4754A/B and ARP4761/A for aircraft and system development and safety assessment.
• DEF STAN 00-55 and DEF STAN 00-56 for safety-related software and defence system safety management.
• IEC 62304 for medical device software lifecycle processes.
• EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129 for railway reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, software and safety-related electronic systems.
• IEC 61511 for process industry safety instrumented systems.
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 and ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, alongside software engineering, quality and configuration management guidance.

Salary and rewards
A base salary up to £100,000 per annum, depending on grade and experience, with tailored professional development and support towards professional registration. Added benefits include:

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Private healthcare and life assurance.
• Paid professional institution membership fees.
• Enhanced parental leave and family-friendly benefits.
• 25 days of annual leave with the option to buy up to five additional days.

Equal opportunities
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future and we shall assess your suitability then.