The Safety Artisan’s Resume

The Safety Artisan’s Resume, or Curriculum Vitae (CV), if you prefer, is quite long. Why should you listen to me? If you want to know how I know what I know, read on…

Simon Di Nucci – Principal Safety Consultant

BEng, MSc, CPEng, FIE(Aust), NER, Cert CMi, CISSP

Key Skills

• Implementing System and Software Safety in Agile programs,

• Safety in Air, Maritime, Land & EW/C4I domains,

• Teaching System Safety Engineering,

• Implementing Australian Work Health & Safety,

• Seaworthiness (Navy Operation Effectiveness, Safety & Environmental Protection),

• Business Development and Bidding,

• Engineering Management,

• Software Engineering, and

• Cybersecurity Management & Engineering.

Qualifications

MSc in Safety Critical Systems Engineering (SCSE), University of York
BEng (Hons) in Aerospace Systems Engineering, University of Southampton
Certificate of Management, Chartered Management Institute.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Membership of Professional Institutions:
Chartered Engineer & Fellow, Engineers Australia
National Engineering Register
Professional Training
Principles of Systems Engineering
Ship Safety Management Office (SSMO) Ship Safety Management Course

Market Sectors: Defence, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, Nuclear

Profile

Simon has over thirty years’ experience in safety, particularly maritime safety and airworthiness. He works with organizations to help them comply with complex requirements and manage risks through the pragmatic and proportionate application of engineering discipline.

Since 2012, he has worked in Australia, and before that he worked on major UK, US, and European programs in different regulatory risk frameworks.  Simon’s experience includes work on aviation (fast jets, large aircraft, helicopters, ISTAR/EW platforms), submarines, surface vessels, rail, Air Traffic Management, air battle management systems and systems-of-systems.

His wide experience of projects varies from the small, through to some of the largest multi-national defence programs ever undertaken. Simon has more than 20 years’ experience in managing and advising organizations on safety-and-software-related engineering. Simon has been a Chartered Engineer since 1997 and has presented to international conferences in Australia, the US, UK and Canada on seaworthiness, system safety, ship-air integration, and software support. He has designed several safety and airworthiness courses and taught thousands of students.

Work Experience

Career Roles and Responsibilities

Summary of Experience

• SEA5011 Maritime EW System of Systems,

• AIR6500-1 Joint Air Battle Management System,

• Mobile Threat Training Emitter System,

• Space Surveillance Telescope,

• Collins Life of Type Extension cybersecurity and Integrated Ship Control, Management & Monitoring System safety,

• SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessel,

• SEA1000 Future Submarine (FSM) Program:
  
  

  • Developed the Program response to the Defence Seaworthiness Management System initiative, and  

  • Part of the team conducting the Competitive Evaluation Program (CEP) on the French, German, and Japanese design submissions, including review of the design, Integrated Logistic Support, risk management and program management elements.

• Safety of SCADA systems for explosives and countermeasures production,

• Cybersecurity of rail management system; and

• Safety and Human Factors assessment of Long-Range Air Traffic Flow Management system for Airservices Australia

Systems and Software Safety in Multiple Regulatory/Risk Frameworks

• Development of the safety strategy, SFARP process/statements and the Safety Case Report for multiple systems, and

• Wrote the Operating Safety Case report for the Ship Approach and Recovery Aids, including an aircraft carrier and aircraft, including human factors/workload analysis and ship/air integration into the System of Systems.

Airworthiness and Aircraft Safety

• Fast jets, including Tornado, Harrier, Typhoon, and the F-35 JSF,

• ISTAR platforms including R1 Sentinel (ASTOR), Nimrod MRA4 and RC-135 Rivet Joint,

• Chinook and Puma HC3,

• Typhoon Engineering Authority and LOD holder:
  
  

  • Managed engineering, logistic support, and airworthiness on a major safety-critical aircraft system, sustaining air operations and bringing needed modifications into service, and

  • UK delegation leader to international meetings, managing Systems Integration and Software issues for the Typhoon PT.

Combat aircraft operational engineering officer authorised to defer maintenance and accept defects to clear aircraft for flight. Unit Certifying Officer for the Aircraft Nuclear Weapon Armament Electrical Installation. Qualified Weapon Loading Supervisor for tactical nuclear weapons.

Tools and Techniques

• Safety Management Systems & Plans,

• Goal Structuring Notation,

• Safety Cases & Reports,

• Functional and Physical hazard identification and analysis,

• Safety Integrity Level (SIL) allocation & assessment,

• Software-intensive systems,

• Software safety engineering,

• Cause (e.g. FTA) & consequence (e.g. ETA) analyses,

• HAZOP and CHAZOP,

• SFARP/ALARP & tolerability evaluation and Cost Benefit Analysis,

• Qualitative risk assessment & loss models,

• Independent safety audit & assessment,

• Hazard logs and tools,

• Support Analysis for Software,

• Integrated Logistic Support Manager,

• Reliability Centred Maintenance Analysis,

• ISO 9000:2000 TickIT Lead Auditor,

• Cyber Security for acquisition/CISSP, and

• Functional Safety Practitioner.

Teaching & Course Development

• Teaching 9,000+ students online (2019 – present),

• Course development & presentation: Safety Case Development & Review (2020),

• Presenter: UK MoD Safety Management & Safety Tools & Techniques courses (2006-2010),

• Led course development & presentation: Safety Airworthiness & Environmental Management for:
  
  

  • EuroFighter Typhoon (2006-2011),

  • R1 Sentinel (ASTOR) system, (2007-2011), and

  • BAES Harrier II (2009-2010).

• Led Training Needs Analysis, course development & presentation: Duty Holder Air Safety for UK Military Aviation Authority (2010), and

• Led course development & presentation: RAF Software Introduction to Service (2001-2003).

Employment History

March 2024 – Present                                       Director, The Safety Artisan

January 2022 – March 2024                            System Safety Discipline Lead, Raytheon Australia

January 2012 – December 2021                     Senior Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy

May 2006 – January 2012                                 Principal Safety Consultant, QinetiQ Safety Aviation Team

August 2003 – April 2006                                 Engineering (Airworthiness) Authority, Typhoon Project Team

October 2000 – August 2003                          Software Support Consultancy Team Leader

September 1996 – August 1999                     Systems and Software Specialist Manager, Typhoon Field Team

February 1994 – August 1996                         Support Manager, Tornado Software Maintenance Team

August 1992 – January 1994                            Engineering Operations Manager, 27/12 Squadron

October 1990 – February 1992                       Engineering Manager, Ground Support Equipment

Publications

“Risk Based Marine Certification,” 5th Submarine Science, Technology and Engineering Conference (SubSTEC5), November 2019.

“Aircraft Software Certification Strategy,” Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment Conference, Brisbane, July 2015.

“Weapon Effects Modelling for Safety Applications,” H. Gordon-Wright, S. Di Nucci*, G. Anderson, A. Keddie, and A Kwong* (*presenters), PARARI, Canberra, 2013.

“Integrated Munition Health Management (IMHM),” on behalf of Dr Steven Wagstaff, PARARI, Canberra, 2013.

“Assuring the Safety of Future Submarines,” Submarine Institute of Australia’s 2nd Technology Conference Science, Technology & Engineering, Adelaide SA, 2013.

“Assuring Operational Systems – a Safety Case Study,” presented to the Systems Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, 2008.

“Software Supportability in the Royal Air Force,” Major Willis Jacobs & Flight Lieutenant Simon Di Nucci, Canadian Department of National Defence Software Conference, Ottawa, Feb 2002.

“Software Safety and Supportability Analysis,” Simon Di Nucci, University of York, Sep 2000.

“Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems, Past, Present and Future,” S. Di Nucci, University of Southampton, May 1989.

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