Our client, a leading entity in the aerospace sector, is currently seeking a Senior UAS Regulatory Specialist to join their team, with occasional travel for regulator, airspace, customer, and test-site engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Managing Director and Airspace Integration Lead in developing regulatory, airspace, and aviation safety pathways
- Prepare, maintain, and evolve operational authorisation materials using JARUS SORA principles
- Contribute to ConOps, operational risk assessments, compliance matrices, safety cases, operating procedures, and regulator-facing documentation
- Engage with aviation authorities, ANSPs, airspace stakeholders, assessment bodies, test sites, and external advisors
- Drive regulatory workstreams across complex UAS operations, including BVLOS, high-autonomy operations, high altitude operations, DAA, emergency procedures, and operational mitigations
- Collaborate with software engineers, technical leads, and operational staff to architect a coherent aviation and safety management system across the company
- Support the development of advanced digital, and potentially AI-enabled, safety and aviation management processes
- Ensure regulatory requirements are integrated into engineering, software, operations, test planning, and company processes
- Maintain strong document discipline, traceability, version control, and action tracking across regulatory and safety evidence
Job Requirements:
- Experience in UAS regulatory, aviation safety, or airspace integration
- Strong hands-on experience with JARUS SORA and complex operational authorisations
- Knowledge of BVLOS, autonomous systems, HAPS, advanced air mobility, defence UAS, flight test, aviation safety cases, or novel aviation operations
- Understanding of airspace regulation and operational integration
- Exposure to aircraft certification, flightworthiness, continuing airworthiness, design assurance, safety management systems, or aviation software assurance is ideal
- Ability to write clear, structured, evidence-based regulatory documentation
- Comfortable working with software engineers and technical teams on novel systems
- High agency - able to drive tasks, not just advise from the sidelines
If you are an experienced Senior UAS Regulatory Specialist with a passion for advancing the field of aerospace, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's innovative team.
