Lead Autonomous Systems Safety & Assurance Engineer

Candu Energy; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is expanding its autonomous systems safety capability to lead safety engineering and assurance across uncrewed, robotic, decision-support and AI-enabled capabilities in defence, aerospace, and safety-critical contexts.

We invite experienced engineers to join at Senior or Principal level to shape assurance approaches, develop safety cases and evidence strategies, and mentor multidisciplinary teams across the lifecycle of complex platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering safety engineering for autonomous or robotic systems (defence, aerospace, automotive or safety-critical sectors).
• Experience leading or contributing to safety cases, safety assessments or assurance arguments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver safety engineering and assurance work packages for autonomous and AI-enabled systems.
• Develop, maintain and assure safety cases, hazard logs and structured assurance arguments.
• Apply hazard-analysis methods suited to complex behaviours, human-autonomy interaction and integration challenges.
• Derive, allocate, trace and verify safety requirements across platform, sensors, actuators, software and data.
• Develop evidence strategies combining analysis, simulation, and testing across lifecycle stages.
• Provide clear, evidence-based advice to clients, regulators, and project teams.
• Collaborate with platform, systems, software, hardware and data specialists to embed safety throughout development.
• Review technical outputs and contribute to capability development and bids.

Skills

Autonomous systems

Safety engineering

Safety assurance

Systems integration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Relevant engineering degree

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is expanding its autonomous systems safety capability to lead safety engineering and assurance across uncrewed, robotic, decision-support and AI-enabled capabilities in defence, aerospace, and safety-critical contexts.

We invite experienced engineers to join at Senior or Principal level to shape assurance approaches, develop safety cases and evidence strategies, and mentor multidisciplinary teams across the lifecycle of complex platforms.