Airworthiness and Certification Engineer - EASA/SORA (all gender)

ALTEN; Ismaning; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ALTEN Consulting Services GmbH is seeking a qualified aerospace/systems engineer to support certification and airworthiness strategies for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within the EASA Specific Category, taking SORA, SAIL, OSOs and applicable Means of Compliance into account.

You will derive and structure certification requirements, create compliance evidence packages, and collaborate with engineering, safety, avionics, and design teams to ensure regulatory requirements are reflected in

Qualifikationen

• Degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, electrical, mechanical, automotive engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience in airworthiness, certification, systems engineering, safety engineering, or continuing airworthiness.
• Familiarity with aviation regulatory frameworks and compliance processes (EASA Open, Specific, and Certified; SORA; EU regulations).
• Strong understanding of requirements engineering, verification, configuration management, change control, and traceability.
• Proficiency with MS Word and Excel; experience with structured documentation and version control.
• Experience with Git, SharePoint, or similar documentation/collaboration tools.
• Experience with Polarion, Siemens Teamcenter, or similar requirements management/PLM systems.
• Excellent English communication; German is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Support the development of certification and airworthiness strategies for UAS within the EASA Specific Category, considering SORA, SAIL, and OSOs.
• Derive, analyze, and structure certification and compliance requirements based on regulatory sources and project assumptions.
• Create and maintain compliance checklists, OSO matrices, statements of compliance, and technical dossiers.
• Prepare authority-ready compliance evidence packages linking requirements, means of compliance, verification results, and documentation.
• Support SORA-based operational approval activities by consolidating inputs.
• Coordinate and review compliance contributions with engineering, maintenance, and design teams.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, safety, avionics, flight test, maintenance, and design to reflect regulatory requirements in specs and verification plans.
• Support configuration management and change control with traceability across requirements and documentation.

Kenntnisse

Regulatory knowledge

Requirements engineering

Configuration management

Documentation management

MS Word & Excel

PLM systems

Git/SharePoint

English proficiency

Ausbildung

Aerospace engineering

Systems engineering

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Automotive engineering

Comparable technical discipline

Tools

Polarion

Siemens Teamcenter

Jobbeschreibung

With over 20 years of industry experience, ALTEN Consulting Services GmbH offers its renowned customers from industry and business highly specialized engineering and IT services for the joint implementation of cross-industry and cross-technology solutions.

Competence, commitment and passion unite all our employees at ALTEN Consulting Services GmbH. The focus is always on working together as partner, a strong sense of technology, personal contact with our customers and the creativity of each individual. Become part of our success story.

Salary: €60,000 and €80,000

weekly hours: 40 hours

Make it happen

YOU...

• support the development of certification and airworthiness strategies for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within the EASA Specific Category, taking SORA, SAIL, Operational Safety Objectives, and applicable Means of Compliance into account
• derive, analyze, and structure certification and compliance requirements based on regulatory frameworks, authority publications, guidance material, and project-specific assumptions
• create and maintain compliance checklists, OSO matrices, Statements of Compliance, technical dossiers, and other airworthiness-related documentation
• prepare authority-ready compliance evidence packages by linking requirements, Means of Compliance, verification results, technical documentation, and compliance arguments
• support SORA-based operational approval activities by consolidating technical, operational, and safety-related inputs
• coordinate and review compliance contributions together with engineering, maintenance, and design teams
• collaborate closely with systems engineering, safety, avionics, flight test, maintenance, and design teams to ensure regulatory requirements are reflected in specifications, architectures, verification plans, and project documentation
• support configuration management and change control activities while ensuring traceability across requirements, design data, verification evidence, and certification documentation

Be our forward thinker

YOU...

• hold a degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, or a comparable technical discipline
• bring hands-on experience in airworthiness, certification, systems engineering, safety engineering, continuing airworthiness, or a related technical environment
• are familiar with aviation regulatory frameworks and compliance processes, ideally including EASA Open, Specific, and Certified Categories, SORA, Operational Safety Objectives, Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945, associated AMC/GM, SC Light-UAS Medium Risk and High Risk, EASA Part 21, and applicable Means of Compliance
• have a solid understanding of requirements engineering, compliance verification, configuration management, change control, and traceability
• are confident in using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel, and have experience with structured documentation, document control, and version management
• ideally have experience with Git, SharePoint, or comparable documentation and collaboration tools
• ideally have worked with Polarion, Siemens Teamcenter, or similar requirements management and PLM systems
• possess excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken; German language skills are considered an advantage