Senior UAS Regulatory Specialist

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.

• 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

• 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.