Senior UAS Flight Test and Assurance Engineer

Our client, a leader in the aerospace sector, is seeking a Senior UAS Flight Test and Assurance Engineer to join their innovative team. This permanent role focuses on flight-test planning, test execution, assurance evidence generation, operational approval support, and the potential for future leadership in Verification and Validation (VandV).Key Responsibilities:Supporting the planning and delivery of UAS ground-test, integration-test and flight-test campaignsDeveloping and maintaining test plans, test cards, procedures, readiness reviews, risk controls, and post-test reportsTranslating regulatory, operational approval, SORA/SAIL, CS-21, safety and system requirements into practical test and assurance evidenceWorking with regulatory and airspace integration leads to identify applicable requirements and support regulator-facing technical discussionsCoordinating strategy for test and assurance plans, while driving execution across campaignsSupporting logistics, site readiness, equipment planning, test asset preparation, and operational coordination for flight-test deploymentsDriving assurance of complex technical mitigations, including software-enabled functions, detect-and-avoid, collision-risk modelling, and autonomy-related safety claimsIdentifying practical COTS systems, tools, sensors, software, ground systems, or test capabilities that may satisfy technical assurance needs faster, cheaper or with lower integration riskSupporting the creation of evidence needed for ..... full job details .....