Senior Airworthiness Engineer - Autonomous Airpower
Core
Develop and author Airworthiness certification and conformance plans for developmental and production aircraft, supporting Flight Releases and FAA integration.
Role type
Senior Airworthiness Engineer
Builds
Military aircraft systems achieving flight release and airworthiness approval
Domain
Defense / Aerospace Engineering
Required skills
Airworthiness planning, FAA/DoW regulatory compliance, MIL-HDBK-516 processes, system requirements allocation, risk assessment, statistical analysis, digital tool management
Preferred skills
Large UAS airworthiness authorization, first flight execution on manned/large UAS, Airworthiness Engineering Lead experience, DoW contractor experience
Technologies
MATLAB, JIRA, DOORS, MS Office, CATIA, 3DX
Responsibilities
Develop and negotiate airworthiness bases of certification and means of compliance; guide technical reviews across design, development, and test processes; facilitate translation of customer requirements into derived criteria; maintain Airworthiness activities in digital environments; support iterative Airworthiness Boards and technical interchange meetings.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC