Safety & Compliance Lead - Maritime Autonomy
Skills
AerospaceDefenseMaritime SecurityIMO MASSISO/IEC StandardsDEFSTASoftware Integrity Policy
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Safety Engineer in Maritime Aerospace or Defense sectors
- Deep understanding of Software Integrity Levels and autonomous systems
- Familiarity with Naval Authority rules and IMO MASS regulatory landscape
- Ability to balance rigorous safety requirements with delivery agility
- Systems thinking across software hardware and environmental risk
- Exceptional ability to produce clear compliance reports for auditors
- Experience in a Lead or Head of capacity
- Eligible for UK Security Clearance
- Able to travel regularly to South Devon
Nice to have
- Systems thinking
- Cross-functional leadership
- Regulatory insight
- Safety culture focus
- Clear communicator
Day to day
- Act as the primary interface with Naval Authority and international regulators for maritime autonomy programmes
- Interpret and apply complex maritime defense and software safety standards across multiple jurisdictions
- Lead the creation of Software Integrity Policy and evidence packages to prove systems are safe, stable, reliable, and compliant
- Oversee validation and verification for autonomous control systems while translating regulatory requirements into actionable engineering tasks
Hiring process
- Contact Sally Grütte-Pad via talent@stark-defence.com
- Recruitment process details will be provided during the process
- Candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance