Senior Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer - Lead Safety & Assurance

AtkinsRéalis Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible holiday allowances

Training and professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer to lead safety engineering across autonomous, robotic, and AI-enabled defence platforms. The role involves shaping assurance approaches, developing safety cases, and guiding multidisciplinary teams in complex environments.

You will apply hazard analysis methods, evidence-based assurance, and standards across air, land, naval and weapons domains, with opportunities for career progression and client impact.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance for autonomous, robotic, uncrewed or similarly complex physical systems.
• Experience leading or contributing to safety cases, safety assessments, hazard-management activities, or technically complex work packages.
• Knowledge of systems engineering, hazard and risk management, safety requirements and evidence-based assurance across the engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver autonomous systems safety assignments, providing trusted advice to clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead or support the planning and delivery of safety engineering and safety assurance work packages for autonomous and AI-enabled physical systems.
• Develop and assure safety cases, hazard logs and structured assurance arguments.
• Derive, allocate, trace and verify safety requirements across platform, sensors, actuators, control systems, software and data.
• Develop evidence strategies combining analysis, modelling, simulation and trials as appropriate.
• Collaborate with platform, systems, software, hardware, control, human factors and data specialists to integrate safety across the lifecycle.

Skills

Autonomous systems safety

Safety engineering leadership

Systems engineering

Hazard and risk management

Education

Relevant degree or technical qualification

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer to lead safety engineering across autonomous, robotic, and AI-enabled defence platforms. The role involves shaping assurance approaches, developing safety cases, and guiding multidisciplinary teams in complex environments.

You will apply hazard analysis methods, evidence-based assurance, and standards across air, land, naval and weapons domains, with opportunities for career progression and client impact.