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Aircraft Certification Engineer

2 months ago


San Diego, California, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Aircraft Certification Engineer to join our team at Northrop Grumman. As a key member of our Airworthiness Engineering Directorate, you will play a critical role in supporting certification efforts on various air vehicle platforms.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and negotiate airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities for complex total systems.
  • Review and coordinate with other airworthiness engineers and internal engineering disciplines to ensure compliance with customer requirements.
  • Perform functional and process analyses, requirements allocation, and definition studies to translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
  • Ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives into system solutions to meet program needs throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Manage and maintain Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence in support of Military Type Certification and Air System Continued & Continuing Airworthiness.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 or more years of engineering experience, or Master's with 3 or more years of experience, or PhD with 0 or more years of experience.
  • Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded and-516C.
  • Work experience leading the development of Airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification, and related activities.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Military aircraft development or modification experience.
  • Current active U.S. Government in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher.
  • DoD and Civil Airworthiness Experience.
  • Ability to initiate Airworthiness Certification process improvement initiatives.
  • Work experience with domestic and international UAS/RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications.
  • Design and Systems Engineering experience in one or more of the following areas: Structures, Flight Technology, Air Vehicle Subsystems, Avionics, Mission Payload Integration, System Safety, Flight Test, Configuration Management.
  • Experience with USAF Airworthiness Policy Directives, Instructions, and Airworthiness Bulletins (AWB).
  • 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.
  • Experience in a System Design Responsible (SDR) organization per international regulations with signature authority.
  • Interactions with airworthiness authorities US DoD, MoD International, or civil authorities.
  • Familiarity with European Military Aviation Regulations (EMARs).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.