Autonomy Safety Verification Engineer

DCS Recruitment Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Career development

Industry experts

Autonomous platforms exposure

Job summary

INDTECH is seeking a Safety-Critical Verification Engineer inOxfordshire, hybrid (3 days onsite). The role focuses on verification strategies, certification evidence and compliance for autonomous and AI-enabled safety-critical systems in highly regulated aviation/defence environments.

You will work with a specialised team to develop verification plans, testing frameworks and artefacts, contributing to airworthiness and regulatory activities across next‑generation platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety-critical verification and validation.
• Experience working in regulated engineering environments.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles and verification processes.
• Experience with requirements-based testing and traceability.
• Knowledge of embedded systems and real-time software.
• Experience generating certification evidence and compliance documentation.
• Familiarity with advanced testing methodologies such as automated testing or simulation-based verification.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute verification and validation strategies for safety-critical software and systems.
• Develop verification plans, test frameworks and certification evidence.
• Support software verification activities against recognised aviation and safety-critical standards.
• Perform requirements-based testing, verification and validation.
• Maintain requirements traceability and compliance throughout the development lifecycle.
• Generate certification artefacts and compliance documentation.
• Conduct integration, qualification and system-level testing.
• Work closely with software, systems and safety engineers to ensure programme objectives are achieved.
• Support the continual development of assurance frameworks and verification processes.
• Contribute to certification, airworthiness and regulatory approval activities.
• Support the development of runtime safety monitoring and fail-safe architectures for autonomous platforms.

Skills

Safety-critical verification

Regulated environments

Requirements testing

Embedded systems

Certification evidence

Communication skills

Job description

INDTECH is seeking a Safety-Critical Verification Engineer inOxfordshire, hybrid (3 days onsite). The role focuses on verification strategies, certification evidence and compliance for autonomous and AI-enabled safety-critical systems in highly regulated aviation/defence environments.

You will work with a specialised team to develop verification plans, testing frameworks and artefacts, contributing to airworthiness and regulatory activities across next‑generation platforms.