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James Dodds

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Safety Engineer, Systems Safety Engineer, Safety Development Engineer

Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Limited professional) | French (Limited professional) | Russian (Limited professional)

Skills

EASA CS23, CS25, AM2616, ARINC 429, ADCN, IMA, Fault Tree, FaultTree+, RELEX, CAFTA, MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, DOORS, PCMS, Oracle databases, Dynamics, system design, SSAs, MTU, Typhoon, AVRO, Systems testing, Nimrod, Functional Testing, Data Management

Project history

07/2012 - Present
Systems Safety Engineer
Nuraika Limited (Other, < 10 employees)

Providing Systems Safety and V&V support to the Aviation and defence industries. This includes;-
- On behalf of Leonardo Helicopters, providing system safety support for various aspects of Lynx Wildcat helicopter. 
- On behalf of Expleo Group, providing safety support for Aircraft & defence systems projects.
- On behalf of APSYS providing safety support for AIRBUS aircraft programs.
- On behalf of Assystem Technologies, providing safety support for Rolls-Royce engine programs.
- System safety engineering support for Stirling Dynamics working primarily on ATA32 for MRJ.
-  Provision of safety support on GWRM, On behalf of CH2M at Network Rail.
- providing V&V support for GE Av Systems, Cheltenham on RDC for Gulfstream.
- On behalf of Experis at Qinetiq, Boscombe Down supporting various development projects
- On behalf of Synoptix, Bristol, working on FTA for RN surface ship upgrade.
- On behalf of Ebeni Ltd, Corsham, working on Safety and SQEP support for Airseeker project for MoD.
- On behalf of Aero-Engine Controls, Derby, providing system safety support on Rolls-Royce Trent-XWB, including production of FTAs.

09/2009 - 06/2012
Systems Safety Engineer
MTU AeroEngines GmbH (Industry and mechanical engineering, 5000-10.000 employees)

Supporting the TP400 Engine project for the A400M.  Part of the Safety team providing Safety Assessment for the EPMU on the TP400.   This work included creation and continuous update of the SSA in accordance with ARP4754 & 4761 and safety support for problem reports and system change requests.

01/2007 - 05/2010
Systems Engineer / Systems Safety Engineer
Shocked Delta Systems ltd (Industry and mechanical engineering, < 10 employees)

Provision of Systems Safety and V&V support to the Aviation and defence industries. This included;
- On behalf of APSYS, provision of cross-project support on Fuel Tank Safety (Fuel tank Explosion Risk) for A350 and other associated AIRBUS projects
- provision of Safety support for Landing Gear Systems on the B787 including validation of safety requirements for REU and development of the FHA.
- On behalf of Parkway Engineering providing safety support for Rolls-Royce military engine projects.
- On bahalf of MTU AeroEngines, provision of requirements capture and traceability EPMU on TP400 Engine for A400M.

09/1990 - 12/2006
Systems Engineer / Systems Safety Engineer
Various (Industry and mechanical engineering, 5000-10.000 employees)

Prior to January 2007, worked as a systems engineer/safety engineer (either as freelance / subcontract engineer or as staff engineer) at various organizations in the UK and Europe..   These  included the following:-  
AIRBUS UK, AIRBUS Germany, BAE Systems Plc,  Debis Systemhaus GmbH, Dunlop Aviation Braking Systems (now part of Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems), Dowty Aerospace Propellers,  Lucas Aerospace (now part of Rolls-Royce CDS), Rediffusion Simulation Ltd, Rolls-Royce Plc, Sextant Avioniques (now part of Thales), Smiths Industries (now part of GE Aviation Systems), Westland Helicopters (now part of Leonardo)

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: United Kingdom
Preferred locations for onsite work would be in the South Wales/Bristol areas.   I am open to project work further afiekld if remote working is an option or if the logistics involved are amenable.

Other

Professional engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the aerospace industry in the UK and Europe, including over 20 years experience on systems safety and validation.
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