Senior Air Safety Engineer

Are you an experienced aviation safety engineer ready to lead technically demanding airworthiness, certification and safety-management work? Do you want to shape approaches, guide teams and influence complex military aviation decisions?

We're expanding our defence air safety capability. Join us to lead projects across aircraft, mission systems, equipment integration, upgrades and in-service change, while helping strengthen our wider safety and assurance offering.

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation delivering complex and critical programmes across defence, aerospace, nuclear and other highly regulated sectors.

Join our established Safety & Environmental Assurance community; knowledge sharing and collaboration are at the heart of what we do. You'll benefit from:

• Formal technical assurance, peer review and access to experienced air safety and airworthiness specialists.

• Domain Communities of Interest and professional networks.

• Regular team meetings, knowledge-sharing events and informal mentoring.

• Career development support aligned wherever possible to your experience, interests and goals.

We aim to align assignments with your skills, interests and career goals while balancing client and business needs. We welcome experienced aviation practitioners from industry, MOD and the Armed Forces, including those returning after a career break. Assignments could include:

• Leading safety and airworthiness strategies for military aircraft, mission systems and platform upgrades.

• Assuring Safety Assessment Reports, accident and risk models and evidence for certification or continued operation.

• Advising design organisations, delivery teams, operators and senior stakeholders on proportionate safety solutions.

• Developing digital, model-based and data-led approaches to aviation safety assurance.

Providing technical leadership across military aviation safety, certification and airworthiness assignments, you'll translate regulatory, design and operational requirements into proportionate strategies and credible evidence, helping senior stakeholders make robust decisions about certification, modification, release to service and continued operation.

• Lead safety and airworthiness work packages for aircraft, mission systems, equipment integration, upgrades and in-service change, balancing quality, schedule and cost.

• Lead the development and assurance of Air System Safety Cases, Type Airworthiness Safety Assessments, Safety Assessment Reports, Safety Management Plans and supporting hazard information.

• Shape proportionate approaches to Equipment Contribution to Risk to Life and direct safety analysis using recognised Air Engineer's Toolkit and ASPIRE processes.

• Develop evidence strategies that connect equipment and system assessments with the overall Air System Safety Case, Type Airworthiness Safety Management System and certification evidence.

• Provide clear, pragmatic advice to Delivery Teams, Type Airworthiness Authorities, design organisations, operators, engineering leaders and assurance stakeholders.

• Support appropriate independent evaluation and audit, including engagement with Independent Technical Evaluators and Independent Safety Auditors where required.

• Review and assure technical outputs, guide multidisciplinary teams and promote consistent air safety and airworthiness practice.

• Help develop future work by understanding emerging client needs, strengthening relationships and supporting follow-on activity where appropriate.

Essential experience and attributes

• Substantial experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in a defence aviation environment.

• Strong experience in aviation safety, airworthiness, certification, engineering or operations.

• Experience leading safety cases, safety assessments, hazard-management activities or technically complex work packages.

• Sound knowledge of systems engineering, with the technical judgement to develop proportionate, defensible solutions where information is incomplete or evolving.

• Confident client-facing communication, stakeholder management and production of high-quality technical deliverables.

• A relevant degree, aviation qualification or demonstrable equivalent professional experience.

Desirable experience

• Strong understanding and application of the Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Publications, ASPIRE or the Air Engineer's Toolkit.

• Experience leading or assuring Air System Safety Cases, Type Airworthiness Safety Assessments, Safety…