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# Technical Strategy Specialist - Hydrogen

- **Company:** Caa International Limited
- **Location:** UK
- **Salary:** £66,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PRINCE2, Information Technology
- **Published:** May 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/technical-specialist/caa-international-limited-job107372090

## About the Role

About You: You will be a proven expert, with knowledge of the functioning of the aerospace industry, preferably gained by working in an approved organisation in an aerospace related engineering discipline. Knowledge of aerospace certification with sufficient experience to have achieved level of Certification Signatory or Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) within Industry, or expert and detailed knowledge of the functioning of aviation regulation gained through relevant experience within an Airworthiness Authority You will ideally have Engineering degree or the equivalent demonstratable industry experience.
Essential Criteria

 * Ability to monitor, guide and control technical decisions on a wide range of major safety issues.
 * Confidently able to operate in various business environments.
 * Capable of using experience and making sound judgments, along with the ability to think laterally to identify the wider implications.
 * Confidently balance work that may have differing priorities and levels of output.
 * Ability to understand specialist issues and modulate technical views to account for wider business and political considerations.
 * Able to collaboratively challenge information, propositions or assumptions, often of a deep technical nature and across a range of disciplines, affecting safety.
 * Capable of making timely decisions
 * Able to consider when enough information is available to decide on matters affecting safety.
 * Ability to identify when an escalation may be required
 * Confident to communicate at across all levels and can conduct technical conversation and engage with all stakeholders.
 * Perform report writing and co-ordination of reports.
 * Confident in the use of multiple IT systems and infrastructure.

Desirable Criteria: Understanding of or a desire to develop knowledge in Fuel cell systems, Cryogenic systems, Combustion systems, Fundamentals of hydrogen, Principles of hydrogen safety, Hydrogen safety technologies, Part 145, Part 66, Airworthiness

 * Project management - qualification in project management such as PRINCE2 or PMP to effectively support projects
 * Ability to work and understand hydrogen fuel cells in a transport environment
 * Experience of working on hydrogen combustion systems at a research or development stage
 * Ability to work on complex projects involving new and innovative technology
 * Regulatory knowledge -the ability to understand national and international aviation regulations and standard and the ability to interpret and apply the regulators requirements to design and certification
 * Risk management - strong analytical skills to identify potential hazards in new technologies and understand effective safety measures
 * Problem solving - creative and strategic thinking to develop innovative solutions to safety and design challenges and ability to analyse problems, identify root cause and implement effective solutions
 * Involvement in aviation design & certification programmes
 * Collaboration on innovation projects, Please note Travel is required within the UK and occasional wider afield dependent on business activities. Ability to travel to remote locations within the UK. This can be discussed further at interview.

## Description

The CAA's Hydrogen Challenge is a world-leading initiative to develop the regulatory framework to enable the safe use of hydrogen within aviation, including at aerodromes and on aircraft. To support the delivery of the Hydrogen Challenge over the coming years, the CAA are looking for a technical strategy specialist, with experience in aerospace certification, hydrogen and zero emission propulsion. The successful applicant will act as subject matter expert in the Future Safety and Innovation team, focussed on the deliverables within the hydrogen challenge, but supporting other areas of innovation where necessary. As the hydrogen specialist, you will be responsible for supporting the overall Safety and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG) capability business plan and the wider CAA. Reporting to the Technical Strategy Lead - Zero Emission Flight, you will be seeking to address the question 'how do we safely enable hydrogen within aviation'. Specifically, you will be responsible for the
technical investigation and analysis of research, development and certification projects relating to hydrogen propulsion and aircraft integration. The role will include significant interaction with industry representatives, remotely and in person. The specialisation in this role may vary to encompass other new and emerging zero emission technologies to enable safe zero emission flight.
Core Accountabilities

 * Evaluate pre-certification projects, as directed by the Technical Strategy Lead Zero Emission Flight, in relation to aerospace products in the field of hydrogen and zero emission flight (ZEF) propulsion.
 * Determining compliance with airworthiness requirements and outlining areas for addressing policy recommendations.
 * Clarify where necessary, existing requirements and contribute to the development of new ones to cover new technology, novel applications of existing technology, and novel proposals for compliance demonstration.
 * Escalate significant safety matters in accordance with the CAA regulatory safety management system (RSMS).
 * Identify and coordinate research or contribute into areas of significant airworthiness concern. Represent the CAA and / or Airworthiness in decision making committees and working groups, internally and externally, nationally and internationally from a design standpoint in relation to hydrogen propulsion.
 * Writing technical reports which are shared widely with industry and internally across the CAA
 * Support creation of policy recommendations for hydrogen and new innovative technologies


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