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title: Systems Safety Engineer
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# Systems Safety Engineer

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and
engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures.
SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to
offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility
studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing
infrastructure, privatization of a railway.

Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.

## Context

We are seeking a Systems Safety Specialist (Systems Assurance) to support the
development, integration, and assurance of safe, reliable, and compliant systems
across the full lifecycle. This role is responsible for identifying hazards,
assessing risks, defining safety requirements, and providing independent
assurance that systems meet applicable safety, regulatory, and operational
standards.

The ideal candidate combines strong systems engineering capability with
practical experience in safety assurance, risk management, and compliance within
complex, safety-critical environments.

## Missions/Main Duties

The Systems Safety Specialist will lead and support safety and assurance
activities from concept through design, verification, validation, operation, and
change management. The role includes conducting hazard identification and risk
assessments, developing safety arguments, and ensuring that safety requirements
are properly allocated, implemented, and verified.

This person will work closely with engineering, operations, quality, project
management, and regulatory stakeholders to embed safety principles into system
development and delivery. They will also contribute to assurance planning,
audits, reviews, and governance processes to confirm that systems operate within
acceptable risk tolerances.

 

Core responsibilities include:

 

- Develop and maintain system safety and assurance plans aligned with project,
  customer, and regulatory requirements.
- Perform hazard analyses such as PHA, FHA, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, bowtie analysis,
  or similar techniques as appropriate.
- Identify, classify, and track hazards through to closure, ensuring effective
  mitigations are defined and implemented.
- Derive and manage safety requirements and ensure traceability across the
  system lifecycle.
- Support system design reviews to ensure safety requirements are embedded in
  architectures, interfaces, and operational concepts.
- Prepare safety cases, assurance cases, compliance evidence, and supporting
  documentation for internal and external review.
- Coordinate verification and validation activities related to safety
  requirements and risk controls.
- Assess design changes, deviations, incidents, and non-conformances for safety
  impact.
- Support certification, regulatory submissions, and customer assurance
  activities where required.
- Facilitate safety workshops and cross-functional risk reviews with internal
  and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to lessons learned, continuous improvement, and the development of
  safety and assurance processes, methods, and tools.
- Support Hazard Log details and workshops for C&U and SRS.

## Profile/Skills

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems, safety, or a related discipline.
- 10 – 15 years Experience in systems safety, system assurance, or functional
  safety roles.
- Knowledge of safety lifecycle processes and systems engineering principles.
- Experience developing safety cases, hazard logs, and assurance documentation.
- Familiarity with applicable industry standards, regulations, and assurance
  frameworks.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and influence technical
  decisions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are
an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers
employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading
purposes and includes the feminine.

We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like
resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions;
all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made
by our hiring team.

For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact
infocanada@systra.com.

## Workplace Type

Hybrid