Senior Reliability & Safety Engineer
Location: Brough, East Ridings of Yorkshire
Type: Contract- 12 month rolling (Outside IR35)
Rate: Negotiable
Start date: ASAP
37.5 hours per week (3 days on site mandatory)
Job Description:
Adept:us is recruiting a Senior Reliability & Safety Engineer for a Bristol-based client in the aerospace sector. Following the award of several major projects, our client is looking to engage a contractor on a 12 month rolling basis, based at the clients facility for a minimum of 3 days per week in Brough, East ridings of Yorkshire.
Project Scope: Motor Reliability Analysis & Safety Assessment
The primary focus is to perform a quantitative safety assessment of a high-performance motor assembly. You will be responsible for mapping hardware-level failures to system-level effects (MPL, PPL, LOP) using standard aerospace / automotive safety processes.
Core Responsibilities:
· Safety Assessment Integration: Apply ARP4761/A guidelines to perform Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA) and Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA).
· Fault Tree Analysis (FTA): Develop quantitative and qualitative FTAs to determine the probability of specific power loss events.
· FMECA Management: Review and update the existing FMECA to ensure all failure modes are correctly mapped to the three defined severity levels (MPL, PPL, LOP).
· Failure Rate Determination: Define and justify failure rates using industry-standard databases (e.g., Telcordia, MIL-HDBK-217, or SN 29500) or field data.
· Report Generation: Compile a comprehensive Safety & Reliability Report that synthesizes the FMECA and FTA findings for certification or client review.
Technical Requirements & Key Skills:
· Methodologies: Deep expertise in ARP4761A (Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process) or ISO 26262.
· Tools: Proficiency in safety modeling software (e.g., Isograph Reliability Workbench, CAFTA, or Ansys medini analyze).
· Domain Knowledge: Understanding of electric motor architecture, power electronics, and common failure mechanisms in high-voltage systems.
· Analytical Rigor: Ability to translate complex Bills of Materials (BOM) into logical reliability models.
· Previous design experience on military aircrafts (beneficial)
Project Deliverables:
· System FTA: Quantified models for Minor, Partial, and Total Loss of Power.
· Revised FMECA: A detailed worksheet including Severity, Occurrence, and Detection rankings.
· Reliability Summary Report: A formal document defining the calculated failure rates per operating hour.
If you meet the requirements outlined above, we would welcome your application