Senior Aviation Certification Lead Engineer
Northrop Grumman
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Northrop Grumman Australia is seeking a Senior Technical Aviation Engineer based in Brisbane to lead complex aircraft certification activities. You will work across design engineering, airworthiness, regulatory, and program stakeholders to drive certification projects from planning to final approval.
The role emphasizes hands-on certification activity rather than traditional project management, with responsibilities including CVE activities and compliance verification within Defence aviation
Qualifications
- 10+ years' professional engineering experience within aviation.
- 5+ years' experience performing Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) activities within DASA/CASA or similar aviation regulatory environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Aeronautical/Aerospace or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate complex aircraft certification projects.
- Establish certification strategies, schedules and applicable airworthiness requirements.
- Coordinate certification programs, Type Investigations and repair-related certification activities.
- Establish certification bases and compliance checklists.
- Coordinate test programs used to demonstrate compliance.
- Review compliance evidence for completeness against airworthiness requirements.
- Provide technical verification that Type Investigation activity has been appropriately completed.
- Engage with Military Type Certificate Holder organisations and the Defence Aviation Safety Authority.
- Provide certification and airworthiness advice across aircraft programs.
- Mentor engineers and certification professionals in demonstrating and documenting compliance.
- Exercise CVE responsibilities within your engineering discipline.
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Job description
Northrop Grumman Australia is seeking a Senior Technical Aviation Engineer based in Brisbane to lead complex aircraft certification activities. You will work across design engineering, airworthiness, regulatory, and program stakeholders to drive certification projects from planning to final approval.
The role emphasizes hands-on certification activity rather than traditional project management, with responsibilities including CVE activities and compliance verification within Defence aviation
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