Space Safety Engineer - Regulator (Hybrid, Gatwick)

Civil Aviation Authority; Crawley; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is recruiting a Safety Engineer to join the Engineering, Safety and Environment team at Gatwick. You will evaluate operator safety demonstrations and assess risks for launch and orbital activities, ensuring effective risk management and regulatory compliance.

The role focuses on reviewing safety cases, supporting licence applications, and developing safety guidance for the space industry, while liaising with policy, regulators and international partners.

Qualifications

• Degree-level knowledge in engineering, science or mathematics.
• Experience in a safety-related discipline within high-hazard engineering sectors.
• Strong technical background in design, development, review and testing of safety-critical systems.
• Proven ability to develop, manage and trade off complex engineering requirements, incl. verification & validation.
• Experience across multiple phases of complex project lifecycles with clear milestones.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Assess licence applications, including safety cases and evidence for launch, spaceport, range and orbital activities.
• Carry out on-site inspections, review documents and evidence throughout the licence lifecycle.
• Prepare technical assessment safety recommendations and identify licence conditions.
• Help develop assessment frameworks for safety to ensure consistent review of technical evidence.
• Coordinate safety assessment reviews to support licence applications and monitoring.
• Support development of safety guidance material for the space industry.

Skills

Engineering background

Safety engineering experience

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering/science degree

Job description

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is recruiting a Safety Engineer to join the Engineering, Safety and Environment team at Gatwick. You will evaluate operator safety demonstrations and assess risks for launch and orbital activities, ensuring effective risk management and regulatory compliance.

The role focuses on reviewing safety cases, supporting licence applications, and developing safety guidance for the space industry, while liaising with policy, regulators and international partners.