Senior Avionics Certification Engineer

Join our certification engineering team and help deliver future combat-air capability as part of the GCAP programme. You will support the certification of complex, safety-critical avionics and mission-computing systems, ensuring that compliance requirements are understood and appropriately evidenced throughout the engineering lifecycle.
Working alongside specialists across systems, software, hardware, safety and quality, you will help produce the plans, evidence and assurance artefacts needed to demonstrate compliance. This is an opportunity to influence advanced airborne technology while contributing to a strategically important UK defence programme.
In this role you will:
Develop and maintain certification plans, compliance documentation and supporting assurance artefacts for complex airborne systems
Interpret applicable certification objectives and work with engineering teams to identify the evidence required to demonstrate compliance
Support the definition and implementation of certification and compliance approaches across the engineering lifecycle
Review systems, software and hardware lifecycle evidence for completeness, consistency and compliance
Work closely with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to ensure certification considerations are embedded within product development
Support internal and external audits, reviews and certification-assurance activities
Identify certification risks, gaps and dependencies, supporting the development of proportionate corrective actions
Engage with customers, programme partners and relevant assurance stakeholders on certification evidence and progress
Contribute to the continual improvement of certification processes, methods and guidance
Essential Experience
Experience in certification, compliance, assurance or airworthiness within aerospace, defence or another complex, safety-critical engineering environment
Knowledge of airborne software and/or electronic hardware certification, including familiarity with DO-178C and/or DO-254
Experience producing, reviewing or supporting certification plans, compliance evidence or lifecycle assurance documentation
Ability to interpret certification requirements and communicate them clearly to multidisciplinary engineering teams
Experience working with systems, software, hardware, safety or quality specialists to resolve compliance issues
Strong technical-documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear, structured and auditable evidence
Degree-level qualification in an engineering, scientific or technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred
Desirable Experience
Experience supporting certification audits, reviews or regulatory engagement
Knowledge of systems-development and safety-assessment processes for airborne products
Experience identifying and managing certification risks, gaps, actions and dependencies
Familiarity with requirements-management, configuration-management or engineering lifecycle tools
Experience with complex avionics, embedded systems, mission systems, electronic hardware or safety-critical software
Experience working with customers, design organisations, certification authorities or independent assurance stakeholders
Knowledge of latest developments and guidance issued by authorities, including EASA AMCs and FAA Advisory Circular (AC)

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid