The Certification Engineer at AEVEX Aerospace is responsible for assessing the design, manufacturing processes, and operational procedures to ensure they meet safety, reliability, and performance criteria established by regulatory agencies, industry standards, and customer specifications.
Essential Functions
- Prepares and/or reviews project specific certification plans, compliance checklists, conformity inspection plans and certification summary reports
- Ensures all technical data required to show compliance is reviewed, accepted, and approved by the appropriate technical DER
- Organizes and tracks conformity inspections
- Identifies potential risks associated with the design, manufacturing or operational aspects of the project and develops strategies to mitigate these risks to ensure safety and compliance
- Works closely with the engineering team, regulatory authorities, and management
- Prepares and/or reviews engineering reports, showing compliance to FAA certification standards and regulations
- Reviews technical documentation, including design plans, test reports, and maintenance procedures to ensure compliance to regulatory requirements
- Reviews and approved design changes from a certification perspective
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualifications and Competencies
- Familiarity with FAA regulations, FAA orders, advisory circulars, and other guidance material
- Experience processing FAA approvals
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare and give presentations
- Proficient in MS Word and Excel
- Ability to research guidance material and technical publications to determine solutions to project issues.
- Demonstrated experience reviewing and approving drawings
Education / Certifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering
Experience
- 5+ years experience with the FAA certification process.
Security Clearance
- Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance, U.S. Citizenship required.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits.
About AEVEX Aerospace
AEVEX Aerospace, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The companys capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
AEVEX Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.
