This is a crucially important role at the leading edge of aviation safety. You will be instrumental in determining the circumstances in which civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents take place worldwide, highlighting factors which influenced the outcome and indicating areas where change would lead to further improvements in safety. Working as part of an investigation team, Inspectors of Air Accidents (Recorded Data) manage the investigation of all aspects of an aircraft accident or serious incident where recorded data, form both on-board (e.g. flight recorders) and off-board sources (e.g. rada data/radio telephony recordings).The recovery and replay of the recorded data, analysis of this data to assess aircraft performance and the drafting of Safety Recommendations and reports. The role involves extensive liaison with your colleagues and technical personnel from aircraft manufacturers, operators, maintainers, and regulators. You will be expected to attend Coroners’ court and give evidence. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Deploying at short notice to civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK or worldwide. Conducting detailed technical investigations in the UK and overseas in the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. Supporting foreign safety investigation authorities in their work. Producing reports into the recorded data aspects of an event and promoting action to improve safety. Keeping the families of victims of fatal accidents informed of the progress of an investigation and briefing them on the findings and conclusions. Giving technical evidence at coroners’ inquests to explain the findings of a report. Identify safety issues and actively monitor safety actions or make safety recommendations to address them. Writing software tools, console and GUI-based to support the development activities of the recorded data group. For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.