Certification engineer

As part of the Airbus Certification Team, the Certification Engineer is responsible for all airworthiness tasks related to the activities and products delivered by the Customer Service business. This covers customer-requested in-service repairs and optional upgrades for all Airbus commercial aircraft programmes, and a wide range of system and operational subjects.

Meet the team:

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development, to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your working environment:

The Engineering Center in Mobile, Alabama houses hundreds of Airbus engineers who assist in the design and development of Airbus commercial aircraft cabins, including aftermarket upgrades, reconfigurations and services of all product types across the globe.

How we care for you:

Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

Work/Life Balance: Paid time off, including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave programme.

Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage, including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path, as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we support flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

Manage Certification

• 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 a varied, multi-ATA and multi-programme, subject workload in accordance with Customer Services’ sometimes challenging business needs and customers’ expectations, while ensuring conformity with certification requirements and DOA processes.
• Ensure good communication and exchange with other members of the global Certification Team and other certification functions to ensure consistency in the Way of Working and certification approach (“Speak One Voice”).
• Consult, and sometimes challenge, Technical, Change Management, and Certification Specialists to ensure appropriate solutions, particularly to account for the variety of in-service aircraft configurations, and to maintain strong competence across this wide domain.

Airworthiness Approvals

• Perform airworthiness approvals in accordance with Airbus Design Organization Approval (DOA) privileges:
• Modification (MOD) approval for change to Type Certificate (TC) classified minor or Certain Major Change (CMC)
• Service Bulletin (SB) approval and airworthiness release
• Repair & Design Approval Form (RDAF) approval

Authority Interfacing

Act as an interface to Airworthiness authorities for all aspects of certification activities.

Continuing Airworthiness

Support acceptance of individual aircraft by customers and their local authorities.

Your boarding pass:

• B.S. degree in Engineering or related field:
• 3 years of experience in Engineering or Airworthiness / Certification roles.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to understand and mentor principles within assigned discipline.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical aircraft topics.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and organisation skills.
• Ability to inter-relate with and motivate diverse teams.
• Authorised to work in the US.
• Ability to lift 50+ lbs.
• Ability to work any shift. (Shift hours include Monday – Friday 8hr Day Shift or Friday – Sunday 12hr Shift.)

*This position initially will be on a regular shift. It does require working a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends on a rotational basis throughout the year.

Preferred Skills:

• Nomination as Designated Airworthiness Engineer (DAE) or Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE).
• Experience with Airbus Aircrafts.
• Familiarity with Modification (MOD), Service Bulletin (SB), and Repair & Design Approval Form (RDAF) deliverables of the Customer Service business.
• Familiarity with In-Service Solutions and Change / Configuration Management.

Travel Required:

• 5% Domestic and International

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.