SCX is a leading UK engineering business delivering innovative mechanical handling, control systems and kinetic architecture solutions across the Defence, Nuclear, Aerospace, Infrastructure and Sports & Entertainment sectors.

We're looking for a Functional Safety Engineer to join our team, helping to design and deliver high-integrity control systems for some of the UK's most technically challenging engineering projects.

What you'll be doing

You'll play a key role in ensuring our control systems are safe, compliant and delivered to the highest engineering standards. You'll:

• Design and develop safety-related control systems for complex engineering projects.
• Produce technical documentation, safety specifications and design calculations.
• Carry out risk assessments, system verification and validation activities.
• Support Factory and Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT).
• Work closely with clients and project teams to deliver safe, high-quality solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practice in functional and machinery safety.

What we're looking for

You'll be degree-qualified in Electrical, Control or a related engineering discipline, with experience designing safety-related control systems in an industrial or regulated environment.

Ideally, you'll have experience with:

• Functional and machinery safety standards (such as BS EN 13849, BS EN 61508 or BS EN 62061).
• Electrical design tools such as Eplan.
• PLC/HMI platforms including Siemens, Rockwell or Schneider.
• Safety validation, risk assessments and technical documentation.

Experience within Defence, Nuclear, Aerospace or other safety-critical industries would be advantageous.

Why join SCX?

• Work on innovative, high-profile engineering projects across multiple sectors.
• Flexible start and finish times around core working hours.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Buy up to 3 additional days' holiday.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Long service holiday awards.
• Employee referral scheme.

If you're looking to develop your career in functional safety while working on complex, industry-leading engineering projects, we'd love to hear from you.