Safety-Critical Verification Engineer

Safety-Critical Verification Engineer

Oxfordshire, UK

Hybrid (3 days a week onsite)

Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an innovative engineering business developing advanced safety and assurance technologies for autonomous and AI-enabled systems operating within highly regulated environments.

As autonomous technologies become increasingly utilised across aviation, defence and mission-critical applications, organisations require robust verification, certification and safety monitoring capabilities to enable safe deployment at scale. This company is developing solutions that provide an independent layer of assurance across autonomous platforms, ensuring compliance, reliability and operational safety in environments where failure is not an option.

Working alongside leading organisations across aerospace, autonomy and defence, you will join a highly specialised engineering team focused on developing technologies that support the safe deployment of next-generation autonomous systems. This is an opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge programmes that will help shape the future of autonomous aviation and safety-critical AI systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Define and execute verification and validation strategies for safety-critical software and systems

Develop verification plans, test frameworks and certification evidence

Support software verification activities against recognised aviation and safety-critical standards

Perform requirements-based testing, verification and validation

Maintain requirements traceability and compliance throughout the development lifecycle

Generate certification artefacts and compliance documentation

Conduct integration, qualification and system-level testing

Work closely with software, systems and safety engineers to ensure programme objectives are achieved

Support the continual development of assurance frameworks and verification processes

Contribute to certification, airworthiness and regulatory approval activities

Support the development of runtime safety monitoring and fail-safe architectures for autonomous platformsKey Skills

Strong background in safety-critical verification and validation

Experience operating within regulated engineering environments

Understanding of software development lifecycles and verification processes

Experience with requirements-based testing and traceability

Knowledge of embedded systems and real-time software

Experience generating certification evidence and compliance documentation

Understanding of advanced testing methodologies such as automated testing, simulation-based verification, fault injection, fuzz testing or similar techniques

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skillsDesirable Skills:

Experience working to DO-178C or equivalent safety-critical software standards

Aerospace, defence or autonomous systems experience

Exposure to DAL A or DAL B programmes

Knowledge of ISO 26262, IEC 61508 or other functional safety standards

Experience with SIL, HIL or SIH verification environments

Formal methods or static analysis experience

Verification of flight control systems, avionics or other mission-critical systems

Knowledge of aviation certification frameworks, airworthiness requirements or operational safety assessments

Experience supporting UAV, UAS, eVTOL or autonomous vehicle programmes

Exposure to mathematically verified software, runtime assurance architectures or advanced safety frameworksWhat You Get In Return:

Flexible hybrid working (3 days per week onsite)

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge autonomous and AI-enabled technology

Exposure to advanced verification, certification and assurance methodologies

Professional development within a highly specialised engineering environment

Opportunity to work alongside some of the industry's leading experts in autonomy and safety-critical systems

Involvement in technology that will support the future deployment of autonomous aircraft, defence systems and intelligent platforms

The chance to play a key role in solving one of the biggest challenges facing autonomous technology: trust, safety and assuranceInterested?

Please submit your CV to Chrissie Rehman at DCS Recruitment via the link provided. Alternatively email me on (url removed)

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