Engineer for Safety Limited
Engineer for Safety was established in 2013 to provide independent consultancy in Systems Safety to promote the engineering of complex systems that are safe for their intended use.
A systems engineering led approach allows functional safety to be achieved in line with achieving the objectives for the system.
Phil Williams MSc BEng(Hons) CEng FIET Director/System Safety Consultant
Phil Williams is an independent system safety consultant. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He has over 30 years experience in the defence industry designing and certifying safety critical systems, including 27 years with General Dynamics UK, where he held the role of Chief Safety Authority. He has supported a number of cross-
Phil is a member of the Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) Steering Group and is the chair of the SCSC Assurance Case Working Group, which includes responsibility for Maintenance of the Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) standard.
Phil is an active member of the BSi GEL65/1 committee; the IEC TC65A MT61508 (developing edition 3 of IEC 61508) and is the deputy-convenor of IEC TC65A WG18 acting as the principal UK expert in the development of the functional safety standard for Defence Systems (IEC 63187). He was a founder of the ADS Defence System Safety Group.
Phil is the lead author of The IET's Code of Practice for Cyber Security and Safety, published in 2020 and available for free download due to the support of the National Cyber Security Centre (see link below).
He may be contacted at <phil.williams@engineerforsafety.co.uk>
Published Documents and Papers
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Defence Standard 00-
John McDermid, Phil Williams 2014
Reincarnation of Def Stan 00-
Phil Williams, John McDermid, 2015
Code of Practice: Cyber Security and Safety
Phil Williams, Mike St.John-Green, 2020