Our Mission At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The Valo, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing), ''zero emissions'' aircraft will set a new safety standard for how we will navigate the sky. We won''t realise our mission following the same legacy processes and traditions our predecessors followed, instead, we want to ''redefine'' aerospace best practices. We are growing quickly from a prototype business to a scaling SME, and the next few years will be critical to our success and delivering on our ambitious goals. Valo is targeting airliner-level safety certification in 2028 ahead of entering service with our airline and operator customers. The Head of Software Engineering is accountable for the end-to-end software engineering capability that underpins aircraft development, certification, production, and in-service operations. This is a senior leadership role responsible for setting technical direction, building scalable engineering capability, and ensuring software platforms, systems, and services are robust, secure, and certification-ready. The role is critical to enabling safe aircraft certification, production ramp-up, and long-term operational performance. Key Accountabilities Software Engineering Strategy and Leadership: Define and execute the software engineering strategy aligned to certification timelines (2028), production ramp (2030), and long-term commercial sustainability. Ensure software engineering priorities a