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
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.