Unmanned Aircraft Safety Engineer (UAS)

As an Safety Engineer at Dufour Aerospace AG, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety, reliability activities of our unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). You will work closely with engineering, operations, teams to identify hazards, assess risks, and implement safety measures throughout the UAS lifecycle—from design and development to testing, certification, and operational deployment

Tasks

• Conduct and document structured safety assessments, hazard analyses, and risk mitigation for UAS platforms and subsystems.
• Lead system safety assessment activities (e.g. FHA, FTA, FMEA)at UAS-, system-, hardware-, and software-level.
• Identify and document safety-critical functions and failure modes; propose and track corrective actions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and assist them in developing safety risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and analyse operational safety data, incident reports, and recommend improvements.
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