Sr Principal Certification Engineer

Airbus•Mobile, AL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position supports the Airworthiness certification of Airbus aircrafts, from new deliveries to in-service repairs and modifications, by ensuring that it complies with the highest global safety and performance standards. Duties include coordinating between our engineering teams and international aviation regulatory bodies, such as the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and other National Aviation Authorities to develop approved certification documentation demonstrating compliance to all designs and regulatory requirements in support of Type Certification (TC), changes to TC and Continued Airworthiness of the fleet. This role requires a deep understanding of aviation regulations and certification processes, and the ability to work collaboratively to ensure our aircraft are safe and compliant across all stages of their lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Engineering (Aero, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical)
Minimum twenty (20) years total experience in Engineering and/or Airworthiness / Certification roles.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills in challenging situations including those customer facing.
Capable of working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment both independently and collectively.
Able to understand and mentor principles within assigned discipline.
Able to interpret an extensive variety of technical aircraft topics.
Experience with Design Organization management and Part 21 compliance at the Design Organization level.
Excellent communication, coordination, and organization skills.
Able to inter-relate with and influence in diverse environments and cultures.
Able to be flexible with working shifts.
Experience complying with regulatory authorities of various countries and distinguishing the similarities and differences.
Experience with the Airbus fleet and/or products.
Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written).
Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively interface with all levels of personnel and disciplines.
Demonstrates excellent listening and speaking capabilities with all levels of management, internal and external.
Displays model writing skills for others to emulate.
Understands technical language associated with large aircraft.
Strong computer background, including MS Excel and Google Suite application experience (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail)

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in an Engineering discipline.
Masters in Business Administration.
Experience in a Design Organization complying with Part 21 organizational requirements and Part 25/M design requirements.
Familiar with Part 145 Repairs Stations.
Familiar with large aircraft operations.
Previous ODA Unit Member, FAA DER, EASA CVE/DAE.
Familiar with aircraft certification and approvals of documents for TC and aircraft related modifications.
Experience with Configuration Management of complex products.
Conversational French and/or German.

Responsibilities

Managing Certification: 95%
Autonomously develop and manage certification plans for large aircraft programs, including new design changes and continued/continuing airworthiness. This includes classification of the change/repair (Major/Minor), identifying applicable/affected regulations, and creating a strategy to demonstrate compliance.
Work closely with a wide range of internal teams, including design engineers, stress analysts, vendors and design office specialists, to gather the data needed for certification.
Address and resolve complex technical challenges and non-compliance issues that arise during the certification process. Provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious through application of experience and creativity.
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 varied, multi-ATA and multi-program, subject projects in accordance with business needs and customers' expectations, while ensuring compliance with certification requirements and DOA processes.
Communicate and exchange with members of the global Certification Team and certification functions to ensure consistency in the Way of Working and certification approach ("Speak One Voice, Airworthiness Assurance, Process Assurance").
Consult and Challenge Technical, Change Management, and Certification Specialists to ensure appropriate solutions and maintain strong competence across this wide domain.
Other duties as assigned
Act as an interface to Airworthiness authorities for all aspects of certification activities.
Support acceptance of individual aircraft by customers and their local authorities.