Autonomous Systems Assurance Consultant

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS ASSURANCE CONSULTANT

About Safeguard Engineering Limited
Safeguard Engineering Limited is an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) - owned by the employees, for the benefit of employees. This means that every team member has a meaningful stake in shaping our future and company success. Their ownership of the business promotes accountability, collaboration, and long-term stability, with our Trustees holding the board to account to ensure that the business is run in the interests of the staff.
We specialise in delivering innovative solutions in safety, environmental management and engineering services across the defence and commercial sectors. We are committed to excellence, quality, and value for money, with an enthusiastic team of professionals who live these values every day.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an Autonomous Systems Assurance Consultant to take a lead role in assuring the safety of the next generation of autonomous, uncrewed and machine learning enabled systems, to ensure they are dependable and fully compliant with relevant safety and certification standards.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our digital safety team, working at the forefront of emerging autonomous technologies, and helping to shape the strategic direction of our services for autonomous system programmes. If you are passionate about the future of autonomous systems and keen to make an impact in this innovative environment then please get in touch.

Key Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the successful candidate will be to lead the conduct and development of safety assurance for Defence autonomous system programmes and projects, to support the ongoing evolution of our autonomous systems safety capability, and to assist with associated business development activities.

These tasks will include, but are not limited to:

Conduct and deliver tasking related to autonomous systems in accordance with industry standards. Apply recognised techniques e.g. Assurance of Machine Learning of Autonomous Systems (AMLAS) and emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI)/autonomy guidance.
Conduct system safety analysis for autonomous and remotely-operated systems (e.g., hazard identification, Functional Hazard Assessment and Systems Theoretic Process Analysis) to provide assurance that they will operate safely, predictably and in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Assess risks associated with machine learning, sensor fusion, automated decision-making and novel autonomy architectures.
Produce comprehensive safety cases, utilising methodologies such as Goal Structuring Notation (GSN).
Act as a Bid Manager or support bid activities, ensuring technical excellence in proposals.
Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships to secure long-term workstreams.
Represent Safeguard Engineering at industry conferences including providing technical papers and presentations.
Travel may be required to our various offices and to contractor and customer sites further afield within the UK and potentially abroad.
Qualifications and Experience:

Degree (BSc/MSc/PhD) in Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related discipline with a focus on safety-critical systems.
Understanding of the application of safety engineering methods and tools to safety-critical systems, ideally including autonomous and machine-learning controlled systems.
Experience of using industry recognised standards and emerging guidance related to autonomous systems or AI technology.
Excellent communication skills, with experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
Comfortable in a small business environment where you'll need to be flexible, proactive, and able to work independently.Due to the nature of the work, you must be able to obtain UK security clearance.
What you can expect from us:
You'll join a team where all decisions about the business are made within the business, with a focus on sustainable growth not short-term gain, and where your ideas genuinely shape the future.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

An opportunity to join a friendly, welcoming team;
We encourage all staff to be a member of an appropriate professional institution and will cover institution membership costs;
Extensive training, covering core consultancy skills and technical professional development;
Flexible, hybrid working that balances individual and company needs. We actively support flexible working to suit individuals needs as long as tasking and team objectives are achieved;
An annual bonus, based on both company performance (including tax exempt elements due to our EOT status) and personal performance;
25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays, and additional holiday entitlement after qualifying years of service
Opportunity to sell holiday allocation or buy additional holiday entitlement;
Company Pension Scheme;
Private Medical Insurance as an optional benefit (after probation period);
Company Life Insurance;
Recruitment bounty;
Bike to Work scheme.Your work can be based at any of our offices.

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