Combat System Safety Engineer

About the role

Saab Australia is seeking a Combat System Safety Engineer to join its growing team in Rockingham, WA. The role offers the chance to develop system safety engineering skills while supporting the delivery and sustainment of advanced defence capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system safety program plans, processes, and frameworks.
• Conduct hazard identification and risk analysis for complex software‑intensive systems.
• Produce safety assessment reports and safety case documentation.
• Perform safety analysis supporting design changes, engineering updates, and system problem reports.
• Establish and maintain safety requirements with traceability, verification, and mitigation controls.
• Support broader systems engineering activities and apply engineering governance for safety‑critical defence systems.
• Contribute to verification and validation (V&V) activities.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in safety engineering on complex, software‑intensive systems.
• Australian citizenship and ability to obtain Defence Security Clearance (baseline/NV1/NV2).

Required skills

• Hazard identification and risk assessment.
• Safety requirements development and safety architecture design.
• Safety verification, validation and safety case development.
• Knowledge of MIL‑STD‑882 and contemporary safety engineering standards.

What we offer

• Up to 6 weeks leave.
• 14% employer superannuation contribution.
• Free Income Protection Insurance.