Certification Engineer (Contract to Perm)
On-siteNewport News, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Develop certification strategies, plans, and means of compliance for aircraft modifications, repairs, and programs. Identify regulatory, military, and customer requirements to ensure engineering activities support compliance throughout the project lifecycle. Develop and maintain certification documentation including compliance matrices, engineering reports, Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA), and supporting artifacts. Coordinate certification activities with Mechanical, Electrical, Stress, Production, and Quality engineers, as well as FAA representatives, DERs, ODA organizations, and military authorities. Review engineering drawings, analyses, and test plans to verify compliance, and develop engineering test plans for ground and flight testing. Support fabrication, installation, and troubleshooting activities to ensure continued compliance with approved engineering data. Participate in design reviews to provide technical recommendations on certification strategy, regulatory compliance, and project risk. Maintain certification documentation under configuration control and support continuous improvement initiatives and lessons-learned activities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited college or university.
- Experience supporting aircraft certification, aircraft modifications, repairs, or aerospace product development programs.
- Working knowledge of FAA regulations, STC processes, FAA Form 337 major alteration processes, Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA).
- Experience developing or reviewing compliance matrices, engineering reports, test plans, conformity documentation, and other certification artifacts.
- Familiarity with applicable regulatory guidance, military airworthiness requirements, industry standards, and the ability to interpret engineering drawings, analyses, specifications, and technical documentation for certification purposes.
- Strong analytical, organizational, written, verbal, and technical communication skills, including the ability to coordinate effectively with Engineering, Production, Quality, Program Management, customers, suppliers, FAA representatives, DERs, ODA organizations, and military authorities.
- Ability to work in both office and aircraft hangar environments.
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status.
Desired Qualifications
- Five or more years of experience supporting aircraft certification, STC programs, military airworthiness, or other regulated aerospace certification activities.
- Experience developing certification plans, means of compliance, and certification strategies.
- Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516C airworthiness requirements and military aircraft modification programs.
- Experience coordinating certification activities including conformity inspections, ground testing, flight testing, and compliance demonstrations with FAA representatives, DERs, ODA organizations, military authorities, customers, and suppliers.
- Experience developing engineering reports, compliance documentation, Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA), and certification support documentation.
- Familiarity with aircraft systems, structures, avionics integration, and aircraft modification practices.
- Experience working within configuration management, engineering release processes, and aerospace quality systems such as AS9100.
- Experience supporting continued operational safety, post-certification engineering activities, certification scheduling, and project risk management.
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