Job Description

Overview

Are you an aviation safety engineer looking for varied, high-impact work across military air systems? Do you want to broaden your airworthiness and certification experience while building a long-term career in a supportive technical community? 

We’re expanding our defence air safety capability. Join us and support the certification, airworthiness and safe operation of aircraft, mission systems, upgrades and supporting organisations, while retaining opportunities to collaborate across our wider defence safety capability. 

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 applicants with relevant military or civil aviation experience, including those from the Armed Forces, MOD, industry and those returning after a career break. Assignments could include: 

• Military aircraft and mission-system safety, including rotary-wing, fixed-wing and surveillance platforms. 

• Airworthiness, certification and safety-management support for new capability, upgrades and in-service change. 

• Safety assessment reports, accident and risk models, hazard analysis and air-system safety arguments. 

• Digitalisation and improvement of aviation safety processes and evidence.

Your role

You will support air safety, airworthiness and certification activities across the lifecycle of military and, where relevant, civil aviation systems. You will help turn regulatory, design and operational information into clear safety evidence that supports certification, modification, continued operation and informed airworthiness decisions. 

• Support the development, maintenance and assurance of Air System Safety Cases, Type Airworthiness Safety Assessments, Safety Assessment Reports and Safety Management Plans. 

• Develop and maintain hazard logs and support the assessment and management of Equipment Contribution to Risk to Life. 

• Produce and update safety arguments, evidence registers and supporting assessments, applying techniques such as FHA, ZHA, FTA, ETA, FMECA and Bow Tie analysis where appropriate. 

• Support the application of ASPIRE and Air Engineer’s Toolkit processes to safety assessment, type airworthiness, certification and in-service change. 

• Assess the safety and airworthiness implications of new capability, equipment integration, modifications and changes in use or configuration. 

• Support airworthiness and safety governance through working groups, reviews and engagement with Delivery Teams, operators, airworthiness specialists and assurance stakeholders. 

• Produce clear technical reports and safety evidence that support certification, acceptance, Release to Service recommendations and continued safe operation.

About you 

Essential experience and attributes 

• Relevant experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in a defence or civil aviation environment, including contributing to safety cases, safety assessments, hazard logs or structured risk-management activities. 

• Working knowledge of aviation safety, airworthiness, certification, engineering or operations. 

• An understanding of systems engineering and the engineering lifecycle, with the ability to analyse technical information and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. 

• A collaborative, curious and delivery-focused approach, with the confidence to ask questions and seek support when needed. 

• A relevant degree, aviation qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience gained in defence, the Armed Forces or industry. 

Desirable experience 

• Understanding of the Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Publications, ASPIRE or the Air Engineer’s Toolkit. 

• Experience supporting Air System Safety Cases, Type Airworthiness Safety Assessments, Safety Assessment Reports, Equipment Contribution to Risk to Life assessments or Safety Management Plans. 

• Experience applying relevant techniques such as FHA, ZHA, FTA, ETA, FMECA, Bow Tie analysis, GSN or CAE. 

• Professional registration, or active progress towards IEng or CEng, and membership of a relevant institution such as the IET, SaRS, IMechE, IExpE or RAeS.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.