# Engineering Lead - Validation and Support

How do you prove a complex autonomous system is ready for the real world - and keep it performing reliably once it's there? At sees.ai, you'll lead the team answering that question. You'll work with autonomous aircraft, sensors, communications, control systems and software, building the testing, validation, maintenance and support capability behind our next stage of growth. You'll work alongside talented engineers across software, robotics and hardware, and operational specialists putting the technology to work in the field. Our team's backgrounds include Apple, CERN and McLaren F1. And there's already substantial proof behind the ambition. We're delivering autonomous inspection programmes for National Grid, gaining traction with major grid operators internationally, and we're venture-backed and supported by Boeing. Your opportunity Reporting to the Head of Flight Operations, you'll lead and develop the engineering team responsible for R&D testing and validation, maintenance and technical field support. A central priority will be building rigorous validation programmes: defining what needs to be demonstrated, testing how the complete system behaves under demanding conditions and pr

- **Id**: 4085947
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sees-engineering-lead-validation-and-support>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chichester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T18:53:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T09:26:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3502
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Drone AI

## Company

- **Id**: 2293139
- **Name**: sees
- **Domain**: sees.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sees-ai>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Zoho Recruit

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T18:53:42Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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