Regulatory Affairs & Certification Engineer (all genders) Certification & Safety Munich →

ERC System GmbH; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

60+ engineer team

Collaboration with IABG, TUM and DRF L

Job summary

ERC System GmbH is seeking a Regulatory Affairs & Certification Engineer (all genders) to lead engagement with European standardisation bodies and authorities. You will translate evolving regulatory frameworks into certification baselines for our unmanned aircraft programmes and support airworthiness teams with means of compliance evidence.

You will represent the company in EUROCAE, GAMA, UAVDACH and BDLI working groups, driving positions and preparing written contributions.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on experience in aviation certification.
• Knowledge of the European UAS regulatory system.
• Experience with industry associations, standardisation bodies or rulemaking groups.
• Comfort in committee settings and influence through preparation.
• Engineering depth to support means of compliance, not only regulatory argument.
• Technical degree in aerospace engineering or comparable field.
• Fluent English and working German proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Represent ERC in associations shaping UAS certification standards.
• Draft, comment on drafts in standardisation groups and defend positions.
• Track rulemaking and assess implications for the approval route.
• Build ERC positions on drafts and turn them into written contributions.
• Derive and maintain the certification basis for programmes.
• Engage with certification authorities and provide input.
• Support airworthiness on means of compliance and evidence.

Skills

Aviation certification

European UAS regs

Industry associations

Committee work

Means of compliance

Aerospace engineering degree

English & German

Education

Technical degree in aerospace engineering or equivalent

Job description

Regulatory Affairs & Certification Engineer (all genders)

Certification & Safety

Full Time

Build Europe's next chapter in vertical lift and make it count. Join ERC and help us prove the case: capability, engineering, flight proof, European sovereignty, and mission flexibility.

ERC System develops uncrewed aircraft for certified operation, in a regulatory landscape that is still being written. This role is our presence in the standardisation bodies and industry associations where that landscape takes shape — EUROCAE, GAMA, UAVDACH and BDLI among them — in the working groups drafting the certification specifications, AMC, MOC and supporting standards our aircraft will be measured against.

You bring our position into those rooms while the text is still open, and you bring back what it means for us. Inside the company you turn the evolving framework into the certification basis our programmes build against, take part in the exchange with the certification authorities, and support the airworthiness team on compliance work.

What you will do

• Represent ERC in the associations and standardisation bodies shaping UAS certification standards.
• Work inside the drafting groups: comment on drafts, defend positions and follow them through the process.
• Track rulemaking and standardisation, and assess early what they mean for our approval route.
• Build ERC positions on draft material with engineering, and turn them into written contributions.
• Derive and maintain the certification basis for our programmes.
• Take part in the exchange with the certification authorities and prepare the input that goes with it.
• Support airworthiness on means of compliance and evidence, and flag external changes early.

what you bring

• Deep, hands-on experience in aviation certification, gained in aircraft or UAS programmes.
• Command of the European UAS regulatory system and the derivation of a certification basis.
• Experience working in industry associations, standardisation bodies or rulemaking groups.
• Comfort in committee settings, where influence comes from preparation rather than authority.
• Enough engineering depth to support means of compliance, not only the regulatory argument.
• A technical degree in aerospace engineering or a comparable field.
• Fluent English, and German at working proficiency for committee and authority work.

Moreover, it would be helpful if you also

• have worked in an SC Light-UAS or Design Verification Report context.
• bring EASA Compliance Verification Engineer experience.
• know the military side too, such as STANAG 4671.
• bring an existing network in the European UAS standardisation and association landscape.
• bring experience with ARP4754B and ARP4761A.

What we offer

• Full-scale aerospace engineering — not concept slides.
• A 60+ engineer team at Ottobrunn, backed by IABG and developed alongside TUM and DRF Luftrettung.