Safety Assurance Manager

Req ID:499478 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signaling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Safety Assurance Engineer in Charleroi we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your safety assurance expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside proactive, structured, and pragmatic teammates.

You'll play a key role in ensuring our signaling systems remain safe under all conditions, including degraded scenarios. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (design, software, hardware, RAMS, V&V), contribute to system safety analyses, and collaborate on the creation of Safety Cases, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of performing functional safety analysis and hazard identification, but also contribute to software safety through critical code reviews or failure mode analysis, depending on your strengths.

We’ll look to you for

• Performing system safety analyses (functional safety analysis, hazard identification, FMEA/FMECA, risk assessment)

• Working on Trackside and Trainborne systems exclusively within the Development Center

• Ensuring traceability of safety requirements and validating technical evidence

• Building and maintaining safety documentation and supporting the creation of Safety Cases

• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to validate safety evidence

• Participating in safety reviews and addressing findings from internal and external assessors

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent

• Up to 5 years of experience (previous exposure to safety or system engineering is a plus)

• Familiarity with CENELEC and UNISIG standards (a strong asset)

• System-level understanding and the ability to think in degraded scenarios

• An analytical mindset with the ability to understand the impact of safety decisions across disciplines

• Proactive, structured, and pragmatic approach to work

• Curiosity and openness to navigate across technical topics and teams

• Fluency in English (French is a plus)

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signaling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilize our inclusive and flexible working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards roles such as Principal Safety Engineer or Safety Manager

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.