IT Architect - Focus on Safety (m/f/d)

About the job

Shape the safety of critical IT systems in the Swiss aviation and defence environment. Take responsibility in safety engineering, compliance with regulatory requirements, and support of certification processes.

IT Architect - Focus on Safety (m/f/d)

Job description:

• Safety Engineering: Development, maintenance and continuous advancement of the safety roadmap as well as coordination of safety-relevant activities with internal and external project partners.
• Safety requirements: Development, analysis and documentation of safety requirements, safety features and safety arguments for safety-critical systems.
• Risk and hazard analyses: Conducting and documenting safety analyses using FHA (Functional Hazard Assessment), FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and other suitable methods.
• Safety documentation: Creation and maintenance of safety cases, compliance matrices and safety-relevant key documents (SCC, SCMP).
• Regulation and compliance: Review and assessment of relevant EASA regulations and ensuring their applicability and compliance in the military environment.
• Certification: Support of safety evidence and certification procedures in close cooperation with aviation supervisory authorities, certification partners and safety experts.
• System architecture: Coordination of safety requirements with overarching system requirements and ensuring continuous traceability.
• Project coordination: Active participation in safety and compliance committees as well as attendance at agile planning and coordination meetings including regular status reporting.

About the customer:

Our client is an established Swiss IT consulting company that supports demanding technology projects throughout Switzerland. For a long-term mandate in the Swiss federal administration and defence environment, we are seeking an experienced professional with a focus on safety engineering and IT architecture. In this versatile role, you will work with interdisciplinary teams, safety specialists and regulatory authorities and make an important contribution to the safety and compliance of complex, safety-critical systems in the aviation environment.

Requirements:

• Solid professional experience in safety engineering, systems safety or safety architecture, ideally in the aviation or a comparable safety-critical environment.
• Very good knowledge in defining and documenting safety requirements as well as in creating safety cases and safety arguments.
• Practical experience with FHA, FMEA, risk and hazard analyses as well as safety-relevant verification procedures.
• Knowledge of relevant EASA regulations, especially EU 2023/203, EU 2017/373, EU 2023/1768 and EU 2023/1769.
• Experience in creating and maintaining safety documentation, compliance matrices and certification documents.
• Ability to translate operational safety requirements into technical system requirements and document their implementation traceably.
• Understanding of complex IT and system architectures as well as collaboration in interdisciplinary project teams.
• Familiarity with agile working methods and planning processes such as PI Planning, Sprint Planning and System Demos.
• Strong analytical skills, a structured working style and communication skills in dealing with different stakeholders.
• Willingness to comply with military confidentiality regulations and to undergo a personnel security clearance (PSC) if no valid clearance is yet available.

Compensation benefits:

You can expect a long-term and technically demanding project mandate in the Swiss aviation and defence environment.

The assignment takes place at the locations Bern and/or Dübendorf. Flexible working models and home office are possible by arrangement and depending on project requirements.