UAS Airspace Expert

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Date: 28 Sept 2026

Location: Gatwick, GB

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time

Security Level: SC

Location: Aviation House – Gatwick- 40% in the office per month.

Visa Restrictions: This position does not offer visa sponsorship

Closing Date: 12th October 2026

Interview Date: 27th, 28th and 30th October 2026

We are the UK's aviation and aerospace regulator and recognised as a world leader in its field. Our activities are diverse, enabling the aviation industry to meet the highest safety standards, and we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the constantly evolving aviation environment.

The restructuring of UK airspace is facilitated through airspace change proposals submitted to the CAA by a range of aviation and non-aviation stakeholders. These proposals vary greatly in terms of size, operational complexity, and scale of consequential impacts, and are required to follow the CAA’s CAP
1616 Airspace Change approval process. The Airspace experts within AR perform oversight of such proposals with respect to their impact on existing airspace structures, airports, and all users of airspace, ensuring modern standards for regulatory decision-making are fair, transparent, consistent, and proportionate.

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity to influence the integration of new technologies such as UAS into UK airspace? The CAA is looking for a highly skilled expert, to join the rapidly expanding Airspace Regulation (AR) team during this exciting time as the UK looks to implement a new Airspace Modernisation Strategy. The strategy aims to create an aviation infrastructure for the future to make quicker, quieter and cleaner journeys whilst enabling new technology and user groups to safely integrate into UK Airspace.

You should have an in-depth understanding of UK airspace and air traffic operations, with an interest or experience in Uncrewed Air System (UAS) operations or integration. If you have the technical expertise and are excited by the idea of being involved in an opportunity like this, then the CAA wants to hear from you. This role provides the opportunity to be at the forefront of evolving airspace change proposals in the UK within a diverse technical team making key decisions.

See your expertise help industry to meet the highest of safety standards in this highly rewarding role.

• Support integrating the demands of diverse airspace users such as UAS, e-VTOL/hybrid aircraft, General Aviation, Military Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Spaceports and Space Launch Operators, all within the framework of the Airspace Modernisation Strategy whilst ensuring that the assessment of airspace impacts have been appropriately considered.
• Perform regulatory oversight of the current airspace system to supporting development of polices to integrate new users such as UAS and Advanced Air Mobility.
• Review and scrutinise airspace proposals from a wide range of sponsors such as operators, innovation companies, airports, the military, spaceports, producing objective and independent assessments of the direct and consequential airspace impacts for each proposed airspace change design.
• Lay out the conclusions of these assessments and form a key part of the CAA’s transparent decision-making process for approvals.
• Provide advice, guidance and direction to airspace change sponsors or any other interested parties regarding airspace issues related to operations conducted both inside and outside controlled airspace.
• Assist in developing and implementing strategies and policies for the consideration of airspace design, use or change in accordance with the Department for Transport’s directions to the CAA, UK legislation and Government regulation and…