Certification Engineer

Airbus • Mobile, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Certification Team, the Certification Engineer is responsible for all airworthiness tasks related to the activities and products delivered by the Customer Service business. This covers customer requested in-service repairs and optional upgrades for all Airbus commercial aircraft programs and a wide range of system and operational subjects.

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Engineering or related field
• 3 years of experience in Engineering or Airworthiness / Certification roles.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to understand and mentor principles within assigned discipline.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical aircraft topics.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and organization skills.
• Ability to inter-relate with and motivate diverse teams.
• Authorized to work in the US.
• Ability to work any shift. (Shift hours include Monday - Friday 8hr Day Shift or Friday - Sunday 12hr Shift.)
• This position initially will be on a regular shift. It does require working a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends on a rotational basis throughout the year.

Nice To Haves

• Nomination as Designated Airworthiness Engineer (DAE) or Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE).
• Experience with Airbus Aircrafts.
• Familiarity with Modification (MOD), Service Bulletin (SB), and Repair & Design Approval Form (RDAF) deliverables of the Customer Service business.
• Familiarity with In-Service Solutions and Change / Configuration Management.

Responsibilities

• Manage Certification: Lead and conduct the airworthiness approvals of Airbus products and product changes with the certificating Authority, and validation of these approvals by the importing countries' Authorities.
• Manage a varied, multi-ATA and multi-program, subject workload in accordance with Customer Services' sometimes challenging business needs and customers' expectations, while ensuring conformity with certification requirements and DOA processes.
• Ensure good communication and exchange with other members of the global Certification Team, Customer Aircraft Delivery Team and other certification functions to ensure consistency in the Way of Working and certification approach ("Speak One Voice").
• Consult, and sometimes challenge, Technical, Change Management, and Certification Specialists to ensure appropriate solutions, particularly to account for the variety of in-service aircraft configurations and single aisle individual aircraft certification to maintain strong competence across this wide domain.
• Perform airworthiness approvals in accordance with Airbus Design Organization Approval (DOA) privileges: Modification (MOD) approval for change to Type Certificate (TC) classified minor or Certain Major Change (CMC), Service Bulletin (SB) approval and airworthiness release, Repair & Design Approval Form (RDAF) approval, Aircraft Design Declaration (ADD) approval and airworthiness release.
• Act as an interface to Airworthiness authorities for all aspects of certification activities.
• Support acceptance of individual aircraft by customers and their local authorities.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Paid time off including personal time
• Holidays
• Generous paid parental leave program
• Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans)
• Prescription coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”)
• Other supplemental benefit coverages
• Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University
• Unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path
• Opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes
• National and international mobility
• Flexible working arrangements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level