Airworthiness Assurance Engineer

Description

The role sits in the design organisation approvals area of a defence and space company, where you keep the company's design approvals in force and show the airworthiness authorities that the arrangements are adequate.

The company is the company Defence and Space SAU, a permanent position at professional level in the Qualification and Operability job family.

Responsibilities

• You obtain, extend, manage, assure and maintain all design organisation approvals and their privileges, including the design organisation manuals and airworthiness procedure references, and show the airworthiness authorities that they are adequate.
• You keep the design assurance system compliant with the applicable airworthiness rules on an ongoing basis, acting as an independent monitor so the authorities keep trusting the approvals.
• You answer design organisation approval questions that bear on certification.
• You answer design organisation approval questions on services that protect aircraft delivery and fleet availability.
• You make sure design suppliers and partners fit into the assurance system and stay compliant with design organisation requirements across the product life cycle.
• You manage how design organisation authority and signatories are cascaded down.
• You coordinate design organisation and assurance processes between approvals, including the interfaces between design and production organisations.
• You help put the safety management system and the information security management system into practice.
• You lead the design organisation to the right depth of approval airworthiness expertise, including training programmes.
• You represent the company in design organisation airworthiness rulemaking and standardisation work, collecting regulatory knowledge and sharing it inside the company.

Requirements

• You hold an aeronautical engineering degree or an equivalent qualification.
• You have a good command of English.

Conditions

The job is permanent.

Hybrid working is offered where possible.

Equal opportunity: the company welcomes applications from all backgrounds and does not ask candidates for any payment during recruitment.

You are expected to act with integrity and be aware of any compliance risks in the role.

Benefits

• You get extra days off across the year on top of your holiday allowance.
• You receive an attractive salary.
• Benefits include health insurance, employee stock options, a retirement plan and study grants.
• Some sites offer a collective transport service.
• On-site facilities include a free canteen, a kindergarten and a medical office.
• You can join social and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• There are upskilling opportunities and development prospects in a multicultural setting.
• You get special rates on products and services.