Join our team as a Senior Investigation Engineer and take a leading role in the delivery of complex engineering investigations within a highly regulated aerospace environment. You will be responsible for providing technical direction, reviewing investigation outputs, and ensuring engineering decisions are supported by robust evidence, strong governance, and industry best practice.
This is a senior technical position working across multidisciplinary teams to resolve engineering and safety-related issues, drive continuous improvement, and support the delivery of high-quality technical outcomes. The role offers exposure to challenging engineering problems throughout the product lifecycle, requiring strong analytical capability, sound engineering judgement, and excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support the delivery of complex engineering investigations within a highly regulated environment
- Review and approve technical reports, recommendations, and supporting evidence to ensure quality and consistency
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers across investigation activities
- Analyse engineering data and evidence to identify root causes and support informed decision-making
- Ensure all investigation activities comply with applicable engineering governance, quality, and regulatory requirements
- Manage technical risks and support the development of effective mitigation strategies
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to resolve complex technical challenges
- Lead technical reviews and communicate findings, recommendations, and risks to key stakeholders
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance investigation quality, efficiency, and engineering best practice
- Contribute to capability development through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance activities
Required Skills
- Strong background in aerospace engineering, safety engineering, propulsion systems, or other highly regulated engineering environments
- Experience conducting and leading engineering investigations, technical assessments, or product integrity activities
- Strong understanding of safety assessment and risk management methodologies, including FMEA/FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis, hazard identification, and risk assessment techniques
- Experience reviewing and approving technical documentation, engineering reports, and investigation findings
- Knowledge of airworthiness, certification, compliance, and engineering governance processes
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple technical priorities whilst maintaining high standards of quality and delivery
Soft Skills & Collaboration
- Strong leadership and mentoring capability within engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly
- Collaborative approach to working across multidisciplinary teams
- Comfortable operating within process-driven, safety-focused engineering environments
- Proactive mindset with a focus on technical excellence and continuous improvement
Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related engineering discipline
- Typically 10+ years' experience within aerospace engineering, safety engineering, propulsion systems, or a related technical field
- Experience working within complex engineering programmes in highly regulated environments
Desirable Skills
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards professional registration
- Knowledge of aerospace regulatory and certification frameworks
- Experience supporting continued airworthiness, certification, or safety investigation activities
- Background in Systems Engineering, Stress Analysis, Thermal Analysis, Performance Engineering, or Air Systems Engineering
- Qualifications in Project Management, Safety Engineering, or Systems Engineering
- Experience developing technical standards, training materials, and engineering best practices
Why join us?
We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.
At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.
Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.
In short you get:
- A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
- A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.
ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.