Lead Safety and Environmental Engineer
CompanyLeonardo
Location
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/1/2026
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Description
Job Description
Your Impact
We’re seeking a Lead Safety and Environmental Engineer with land or naval systems safety assurance experience (BS EN 61508) to drive high-impact programmes within the Integrated Sensing and Protection (ISP) Line of Business (LoB), working across the three Business Sectors Mission Systems, Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) and Integrated Communication Systems (ICS) and Sensors. You’ll oversee product safety and environmental impact across a complex portfolio, implementing product safety environmental management systems, building team capability, and ensuring delivery to cost, schedule, and certification standards. Working across the full product lifecycle, from bid to certification, you’ll support Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and apply cutting-edge approaches including AI/ML, autonomy, multicore, model based systems engineering, and Agile.
Based in Southampton, Basildon or Bristol, with occasional UK and international travel, you’ll collaborate with expert engineering teams across the Engineering delivery disciplines, contributing to the continual improvement of the Engineering Capability, and build strong customer and partner relationships.
Your Responsibilities
Day to day, you will be accountable to the Sector Head of Engineering Projects, working closely with the IPTs within the Sector, to satisfy the regulatory requirements of land or naval systems, including Mission Critical and Safety Involved systems, the associated support and factory test equipment, often with demanding Product Security requirements.
Your Impact
We’re seeking a Lead Safety and Environmental Engineer with land or naval systems safety assurance experience (BS EN 61508) to drive high-impact programmes within the Integrated Sensing and Protection (ISP) Line of Business (LoB), working across the three Business Sectors Mission Systems, Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) and Integrated Communication Systems (ICS) and Sensors. You’ll oversee product safety and environmental impact across a complex portfolio, implementing product safety environmental management systems, building team capability, and ensuring delivery to cost, schedule, and certification standards. Working across the full product lifecycle, from bid to certification, you’ll support Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and apply cutting-edge approaches including AI/ML, autonomy, multicore, model based systems engineering, and Agile.
Based in Southampton, Basildon or Bristol, with occasional UK and international travel, you’ll collaborate with expert engineering teams across the Engineering delivery disciplines, contributing to the continual improvement of the Engineering Capability, and build strong customer and partner relationships.
Your Responsibilities
Day to day, you will be accountable to the Sector Head of Engineering Projects, working closely with the IPTs within the Sector, to satisfy the regulatory requirements of land or naval systems, including Mission Critical and Safety Involved systems, the associated support and factory test equipment, often with demanding Product Security requirements.
- Support IPTs to
- Identify the Basis of Certification.
- Support the development of conceptual designs with executable development and certification plans, selecting the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) appropriate to the criticality of the product and the Basis of Certification.
- Assure that the appropriate governance (internal and external), legal and regulatory obligations are met, through the independent assessment of Product Safety and Product Environmental Impact Management risks and the contribution from Product Security risks (where applicable) at Design Reviews and audits (internal and external).
- Demonstrable and relevant experience analysing complex systems from a Product Safety and Product Environmental Impact Management perspective (as well as analysing the impact of contribution(s) from a Product Security perspective) with the ability to scope and deliver high quality outputs to time and cost against developed programmes of work.
- Demonstrable experience using a range of safety tools and techniques, to provide specialist advice and guidance on complex projects within an Electronics or Avionics discipline. (e.g. Hazard Log Management; Hazard Identification; Functional Failure Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Risk Assessment and ALARP justifications.)
- Experience of one or more of the following
- Accepted certification of a firmware product to BS EN 61508 part 2 SIL 2.
- Accepted certification of a software product to BS EN 61508 part 3 SIL 2.
- Functional decomposition and assignment to item level of SILs under the auspices of BS EN 61508 part 1.
- Experience of working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to achieve Product safety and/or Product security certification in a regulated environment.
- Current generation SRAM FPGAs and Firmware Design Methods, Tools and Languages.
- Current generation Model Driven Engineering with auto-coding and applicable software standards for airborne or adjacent hi-reliability sectors.
- Functional domain architectures for partitioning complex systems implementing multiple mutually non-interfering functions.
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit https //careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
- Time to Recharge Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.
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Primary Location
GB - Southampton
Additional Locations
GB - Bristol - Others
Contract Type
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Hybrid