Sr. Staff Airworthiness Engineer

Description

This is a Sr. Staff Airworthiness Engineer role (level T06) in the Office of Airworthiness Consulting and Certification within the company's Mission Systems group, based at the San Diego, CA site.

You will support certification work on several air vehicle platforms, turning customer certification goals into system solutions across the product lifecycle.

The work covers flight releases, type certification, continued airworthiness, operations and airspace integration.

The role suits someone who handles high expectations, varied assignments and close teamwork at every level.

Responsibilities

• Plan and verify airworthiness for complex total systems: draft and negotiate airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance and other certification activities with integrated product teams, engineers and customer counterparts.
• Coordinate with other airworthiness engineers and internal disciplines covering design, fabrication, test, installation, operation and maintenance.
• Carry out functional and process analyses and requirements allocation studies, converting customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
• Map customer airworthiness certification goals onto system solutions that meet program needs across the lifecycle.
• Manage and maintain Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence for a Military Type Certification and for continued and continuing airworthiness, acting as a delegated individual with signature authority in a System Design Responsible company.
• Monitor and advise on creating and changing software airworthiness requirements that meet civil and military certification rules.
• Keep airworthiness impacts to software and hardware compatibility and changes consistent across the mission systems teams, both up and down the hierarchy and across peer groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field from an accredited university plus 14 years of related professional or military engineering experience, or a Master's degree in STEM plus 12 years, or a Ph.D. in STEM plus 10 years.
• A current, active, in-scope U.S. Government Secret clearance to start, plus the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance and Special Program Access (SAP).
• Ability to transfer and maintain your final adjudicated government Secret clearance and any program access the role requires, within a timeframe the company sets.
• Experience with MIL-HDBK-516D, MIL-STD-882E and other military airworthiness standards, DO-178C and DO-254.
• Experience leading the development of airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification and related work.
• Experience with domestic and international UAS/RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications.
• Preferred: Experience developing or modifying military aircraft.
• Preferred: A Master's degree and airworthiness certification.
• Preferred: Ability to start airworthiness certification process improvement initiatives.
• Preferred: DoD and civil airworthiness experience.
• Preferred: Design, quality, software or systems engineering experience in one or more of: structures, flight technology, air vehicle subsystems, avionics, mission payload integration, system safety, flight test or configuration management.
• Preferred: Experience with USAF airworthiness policy directives, instructions and Airworthiness Bulletins (AWB).
• Preferred: System Safety Risk Assessments (SSRA), program risks and hazard analyses.
• Preferred: Experience with one or more of MIL-STDs 1797, 810, 1530, 3013, 704 and 1796.
• Preferred: Civil (FAA, TC, EASA) or DoD (USAF, USN, US Army) aviation certification experience.
• Preferred: Airworthiness Risk Assessments (AWRA), program risks and hazard analyses.
• Preferred: Control Account Management (CAM) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience, including Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) planning and tracking, Earned Value reporting, variance analysis and Estimate at Complete (EAC) forecasting.
• Preferred: A current, active U.S. Government in-scope DoD Secret clearance or higher, and the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR/SAP).

Conditions

Based at the San Diego, CA site.

Travel is 10% of the time.

No relocation assistance is available.

A Secret clearance is required to start.

Base salary range is $192,800.00 to $289,200.00. This is a general guideline; the final offer depends on the scope of the role and your experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, but it may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus may be offered on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays and paid time off for vacation or personal business.