Job Description
Job title: Safety Engineering Manager
Location: London
Work pattern: (hybrid - typically 3 days per week on-site)
Salary: Competitive (DOE)
iO is proudly partnered with an exciting business operating at the forefront of autonomy, AI and safety-critical systems.
Now looking to hire a Safety Engineer to help build and mature safety assurance capability for next-generation autonomous products.
This is a high-impact role with strong ownership: you'll help shape safety strategy, define robust engineering processes, and influence product architecture to ensure systems are safe, compliant, and certifiable in regulated environments.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver safety analyses such as HAZOP, FFA, FTA, FMECA/FME(C)A (aligned to relevant defence/industry standards where appropriate).
- Develop safety requirements, safety arguments and safety case documentation.
- Support safety-critical hardware/software architecture and ensure safety is embedded in design decisions.
- Drive compliance against standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, DO-178C / DO-254 (as applicable).
- Support audits, reviews and certification activities, liaising with external stakeholders when required.
- Establish and continuously improve safety engineering plans, processes, tooling and standards.
- Mentor and support junior engineers; raise overall safety engineering maturity across the organisation.
About you
- Degree (BEng/MEng/MSc/PhD) in Safety / Systems / Aerospace / Engineering (or similar).
- Significant experience delivering safety-critical systems (ideally autonomy/robotics/AI, aerospace, automotive or other regulated sectors).
- Strong practical knowledge of FHA/FTA/FMEA/FMECA and safety case development.
- Comfortable working cross-functionally and communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with emerging AI/robotics safety guidance (desirable).
What's on offer
- Competitive salary and benefits (incl. pension, salary sacrifice options, plus additional schemes).
- Opportunity to influence safety standards and ways of working in a high-growth, mission-driven environment.
- Work on products and assurance challenges at the cutting edge of autonomy and safety tech.
You'll lead and deliver safety engineering activity across the lifecycle, working closely with systems, software, hardware and autonomy/ML specialists.
If this sounds like the kind of position you'd thrive in, send across your CV or reach out for more information.
