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

ALTEN Consulting Services GmbH; Ismaning; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Mobile working in consultation

Individual trainings

Permanent employment

Attractive salary

Zusammenfassung

ALTEN Consulting Services GmbH in Germany seeks an experienced engineer to develop airworthiness and certification strategies for unmanned aircraft systems within the EASA Specific Category. You will analyze regulatory requirements, craft compliance evidence, and liaise with cross-functional teams to align design and verification plans with standards.

The role emphasizes strong documentation, traceability, and familiarity with SORA, AMC/GM, and Part 21 processes, with English communication as a

Qualifikationen

• Degree in aerospace or related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience in airworthiness, certification, or systems safety.
• Familiar with aviation regulatory frameworks (EASA rules) and compliance.
• Strong requirements engineering, verification, and traceability.
• Proficient with MS Word/Excel; experience with documentation control.
• Experience with PLM systems (Polarion/Teamcenter) preferred.
• Excellent English; German is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Develop certification and airworthiness strategies for UAS within EASA Specific Category.
• Derive and structure certification requirements from regs and project assumptions.
• Create compliance documents and dossiers; link evidence.
• Support SORA-based operational approvals with cross-functional inputs.
• Coordinate reviews with engineering, maintenance, and design teams.
• Ensure regulatory requirements are reflected in specifications and verification plans.
• Maintain configuration management and traceability across docs.

Kenntnisse

Airworthiness knowledge

Certification processes

Systems engineering

Safety engineering

Requirements engineering

Documentation & traceability

MS Office (Word/Excel)

English communication

Ausbildung

Aerospace engineering degree

Comparable technical discipline

Tools

Polarion

Siemens Teamcenter

Git

SharePoint

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.

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

A home where people learn and thrive

• Permanent Employment
• Attractive Salary
• Mobile working in consultation
• Individual Trainings

You can find further information at: www.alten-consulting.de

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

Severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration if equally qualified.