Skip to content

Open nowPosted 3 hours ago

Senior Investigation Engineer

ALTEN1,229 open roles

Where
Derby, England, United Kingdom
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSenior Investigation EngineerALTEN · Derby, England, United Kingdom
  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on ALTEN's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

13.5% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. ALTEN postings stay open a median of 26 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.3%1 day
  2. 4.6%3 days
  3. 13.5%7 days
  4. 21.8%14 days
  5. 36.6%30 days
  6. 58.9%60 days
This job: posted 3 hours ago

ALTEN median: 26 days open

The posting

Company Description

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 35 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, IT and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement & support sustainable transformation.

Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world—today.

Join us and start building tomorrow’s world today!

Job Description

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

Qualifications

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

Additional Information

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.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against ALTEN's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.
  3. We apply on ALTEN's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.
  4. Every reply, sorted

    ALTEN's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.
  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.