System Safety Engineer

About Heart Aerospace

Heart’s mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable mode of transport for regional travel. Our goal is to serve the market in every corner of the world.

Our first aircraft is the ES-19, a nineteen-passenger airliner with an operating range of 400 km. The ES-19 is a fully electric aircraft, and our goal is to have the aircraft certified for commercial operation by 2026.

Your place of work will be at our main office and hangar facility. This is located at Säve Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden. Relocation assistance can be provided. At Heart you’ll be working at the cutting edge of technology while contributing towards a sustainable future. We offer stock options to all our employees and a challenging and inspiring work environment.

We seek experienced and skilled professionals to join our small, fast moving team developing a new electric aircraft in Sweden. We’re in a very expansive phase and now is the time to join our team. Come help us write a new chapter in the history of aviation together.

Role Overview

We are seeking System Safety Engineers to help us design and develop the aircraft and its installed systems. As an all-electric aircraft, this may entail new and novel approaches to system safety, in some cases requiring an innovative approach to the system design. This will be a broad role covering design support, analysis and compliance finding. In this role, you will provide specialist support to all other engineering groups including systems and structures.

Qualifications & Experience

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Graduate degree in aerospace, aeronautical similar discipline, or equivalent experience.

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Minimum 5 years experience within an aerospace OEM company environment, including the conceptual and preliminary design phase.

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Experience with aircraft development programs through the entire design, development & certification lifecycle (EASA/FAA Part 23 or 25)

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Experience working in an EASA Part 21J Design Organization, or international equivalent.

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Direct experience with safety and system safety engineering, within an approved design organization

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Experience with functional hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, common cause analyses and particular risk analyses

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Knowledge of systems & safety engineering principles for safety critical systems (SAE ARP 4754/4761)

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Excellent verbal & written communication skills in English.

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Eagerness to work with others.

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Passion for aircraft and Heart’s mission.


The ideal candidate would have

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Experience working in an aerospace start-up environment.

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Proficiency coordinating activities of engineers internally and in partner supplier companies.

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Working knowledge of airborne hardware & software qualification (DO-254/178)



Heart Aerospace is a Swedish startup making electric regional airplanes. Heart's mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable transportation for regional travel to every corner of the world. Our first aircraft is the ES-19, a nineteen-passenger airliner with an operating range of 400 km. Our goal is to have the aircraft certified for commercial operation by 2026.