Safety-Related Electronics and Embedded Software Engineer

Title:
Safety-Related Electronics and Embedded Software Engineer

Salary range: £60,000 to £75,000 per annum

Location: Bristol or Burton-on-Trent

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

Closing date: 27/11/26

We encourage early applications, as vacancies may close once, we receive sufficient applications.

We are seeking an engineer with a safety-related background to support the delivery of electronic hardware and embedded software for demanding, high-integrity applications. The role will combine hands-on engineering with technical coordination across the product lifecycle, from early concept and requirements definition through design, verification, validation, qualification and in-service support.

The successful candidate will understand how safety objectives influence architecture, requirements, design decisions, assurance evidence and release. Experience spanning both electronics and embedded software is particularly valuable. Ideally, you will also have experience of technical product management or product ownership, helping to shape priorities, manage technical scope and align multidisciplinary teams around customer and end-user needs.

You will be expected to:

- Lead on architecture level design, review and assurance activities for systems containing embedded electronics, firmware and software.
- Get into the detail when needed, for example by reviewing or creating circuit schematics or software source code.
- Translate customer, system and safety needs into clear product, hardware and software requirements with appropriate acceptance criteria and traceability.
- Lead and review the allocation of safety requirements across electronics, firmware and embedded software systems.
- Undertake or support hazard analysis, risk assessment, FMEA/FMECA, fault-tree analysis and the development of safety arguments and assurance evidence.
- Apply system level thinking to resolve technical issues and manage interfaces across customers, internal teams and supply chain.
- Provide proportionate technical product management or product ownership, at design reviews and in maintaining technical priorities, scope, risks, dependencies and delivery roadmaps.
- Engage with customers and stakeholders to clarify needs, communicate technical trade-offs and support evidence-based decisions.

Experienced Required

- Degree or equivalent experience in Electronic Engineering, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
- Experience delivering electronics and embedded software within a safety-related, high-integrity or regulated environment.
- Practical understanding of the interaction between hardware, firmware, embedded software and the wider system.
- Experience of requirements capture, decomposition, traceability and verification planning.
- Knowledge of safety lifecycle principles and the production of proportionate assurance evidence.
- Experience of electronic design and review, including analogue, digital or mixed-signal circuits, component selection, PCB considerations, EMC and reliability.
- Experience of embedded software development or assurance using languages such as C or C++, including real-time behaviour, interfaces, defensive design and test.
- Experience supporting integration, troubleshooting, verification, validation and qualification activities.
- Ability to communicate technical risk, uncertainty and trade-offs clearly to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration and technical writing skills.

Desirable

- Experience of technical product management, product ownership or technical delivery leadership for complex engineering products.
- Experience with producing or reviewing conceptual, preliminary and detailed designs.
- Experience maintaining a product roadmap, prioritised backlog, release plan or technical delivery plan.
- Familiarity with relevant standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-254, DO-178C, DEF STAN 00-056, EN 50128/EN 50716 or comparable sector standards.
- Experience with model-based development, static analysis, coding standards, independent verification or software/hardware assurance.
- Experience with configuration management, change control, problem resolution and continuous improvement of engineering practice.
- Experience with tools such as DOORS, Jama Connect, Polarion, Azure DevOps or Jira for requirements and delivery management.
- Knowledge of communication protocols such as CAN, RS485, SPI, I²C or Ethernet.
- Experience in defence, aerospace, rail, automotive, nuclear, energy, medical devices or another regulated sector.
- Progress towards professional registration such as IEng or CEng.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Benefits

We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:

- Competitive salary with yearly reviews
- 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
- A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
- Happy to talk flexible working
- Enhanced parental benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Targeted professional development
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare membership
- Bonus scheme linked into company performance
- Paid membership fees to a professional institution
- Support in attaining professional membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season rail ticket loan
- And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements