Independent Safety Audit Services

This is a remote position.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

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A Master s degree at a nationally recognized/certified university in a related discipline and 5 years post related experience; Or a Bachelor s degree at a nationally recognized/certified university in a related discipline and 8 years post related experience

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Recent practical experience of contributing developing or maintaining safety analyses in the field of system and/or software safety preferably within largescale distributed software intensive systems

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Practical experience in the field of system architecture design or software development or maintenance preferably on safety critical system or software

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Knowledge of Safety Engineering Theory (e.g. IEC61508 MilStd 882 UK Def Std 0055 UK Def Std 0056 ESARR EUROCONTROL SAM ED153 DO178 etc. and of NATO policies and standards for Quality i.e. ISO 9001 or CMMI

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Experience and knowledge in the field of occupational hazards related to equipment installation and hazards associated with operating and support tasks

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Knowledge of Air Operations

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Knowledge of risk management principles

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Knowledge of testing principles

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Professional certifications in the area of:

ü Functional Safety

ü Health & Safety

ü System/Software Development

ü Lead Auditor Qualifications

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

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Mathematical / statistical analysis methods and techniques reinforced by theoretical knowledge

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Training or professional certifications in the area of:

ü Testing

ü Knowledge of AirC2 Systems

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Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements

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Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization including ACO and ACT

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A thorough knowledge of one of the English languages both written and spoken is essential and some knowledge of the other NATO official language is desirable

DUTIES/ROLE:

WP ID

Work Package Title

WP1

Software Safety Assessment/Safety Case

Confirming the specified safety objectives (targets and requirements) are appropriate for the project/product and compliant with established policies and processes i.e. IEC 61508 MILSTD 882 Integrated Air Missile Defence (IAMD) Quality Management System (QMS).

Validating that project safety objectives are unambiguously defined testable and adequately covered in the engineering verification & validation and test activities of a project.

Reviewing the Software/System Safety Assessment the Software/System Safety Assessment Annexes (e.g. ProvenInUse report Fault Tree Analysis) produced by the AirC2 Safety Engineer to verify and validate compliance with the defined safety related plans requirements standards and legal regulations.

Recording in the form of comments the result of review and providing recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Deliverable(s) Description

D1

Record the result of documents review and provide recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Constraint(s) Description

C1

The review of the Independent Safety Audit must be performed in line with the project milestones with completion of the SwSA review not later than the PCR or 10 days from the time of document provision

ID

Acceptance Criteria

A1

Countersign the Software Safety Assessment produced for the developed baseline upon resolution of all critical and major comments by the AirC2 Safety Engineer

Additional Notes

WP ID

Work Package Title

WP2

Functional Failure Analysis

Reviewing the Functional Failure Analysis (FFA) produced by the AirC2 Safety Engineer to verify and validate compliance with the defined safety related plans requirements standards and legal regulations. In addition to ensure that the FFA is complete and correct and that the safety test recommendations commensurate the hazardous failure modes.

Recording in the form of comments the result of review and providing recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

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Deliverable(s) Description

D1

Record the result of FFA review in the document itself and in SharePoint commit and provide recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Constraint(s) Description

C1

The review of the Independent Safety Audit must be performed in line with the project milestones with completion of the FFA review not later than the TRR or 10 days from the time of document provision

ID

Acceptance Criteria

A1

Countersign the Software Safety Assessment produced for the developed baseline upon resolution of all critical and major comments by the AirC2 Safety Engineer

Additional Notes

WP ID

Work Package Title

WP3

Tool Qualification Report

Reviewing the Tool Qualification Report (TQR) produced by the AirC2 Safety Engineer to verify and validate compliance of COTS/Tools with the defined safety related plans requirements standards and legal regulations.

Recording in the form of comments the result of review and providing recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Deliverable(s) Description

D1

Record the result of TQR review in the document itself and in SharePoint commit and provide recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Constraint(s) Description

C1

The review of the Independent Safety Audit must be performed in line with the project milestones with completion of the TQR review not later than the PCR or 10 days from the time of document provision

ID

Acceptance Criteria

A1

Countersign the Software Safety Assessment produced for the developed baseline upon resolution of all critical and major comments by the AirC2 Safety Engineer

Additional Notes

WP ID

Work Package Title

WP4

Requirements and Design Description (RDD)

Confirming the specified safety objectives (targets and requirements) are appropriate for the project/product and compliant with established policies and processes i.e. MIL882 IEC 61508 Integrated Air Missile Defence (IAMD) Quality Management System (QMS).

Validating that project safety objectives are unambiguously defined testable and adequately covered in the engineering verification & validation and test activities of a project.

Reviewing the RDD produced for Lifecycle Engineering Change Proposal (LECP) with Medium and High Implementation Safety Classification and any safety relevant RDD Annexes produced by the AirC2 Safety Engineer to verify and validate compliance with the defined safety related plans requirements standards and legal regulations.

Recording in the form of comments the result of review and providing recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Deliverable(s) Description

D1

Record the result of documents review and provide recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Constraint(s) Description

C1

The review of the Independent Safety Audit must be performed in line with the project milestones with completion of the RDD review not later than the PCR or 10 days from the time of document provision

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Acceptance Criteria

A1

Provide written approval of safety chapters and annexes of the RDD via email and in a SharePoint commit upon resolution of all critical and major comments by the AirC2 Safety Engineer

Additional Notes

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Work Package Title

WP5

Audits and Process Reviews

Independently audit the AirC2 processes against the IEC 61508 and DS 0055 and produce an audit report.

Independently review the updates to the AirC2 safety management processes against the IEC 61508 and DS 0055 and produce an audit report.

Recording in the form of comments the result of review and providing recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Deliverable(s) Description

D1

Record the result of documents review and provide recommendations for corrective preventive and improvement measures to the Safety Engineer and to the Project Manager

ID

Constraint(s) Description

C1

The review of the Independent Safety Audit must be performed in line with the project milestones with completion of the RDD review not later than the PCR or 10 days from the time of document provision

ID

Acceptance Criteria

A1

Provide written approval of safety chapters and annexes of the RDD via email and in a SharePoint commit upon resolution of all critical and major comments by the AirC2 Safety Engineer

Additional Notes