ET#22 AVIONICS Lead Flight & Ops Certification Qualification Engineer (f/m) (H/F)

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS SAS; Marseille; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Helicopters SAS in Marignane, France, seeks an Avionics Lead Flight & Ops Certification/Qualification Engineer to drive a harmonized certification approach for civil helicopters across programs and variants.

You will work with the Design Office and authorities (EASA, FAA, DGA) to ensure on-time compliance, manage schedules, and coordinate certification activities for both initial and post-certification milestones.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of overall Engineering experience.
• 3+ years in avionics certification and/or DO178-B/DO254 and/or ARP4754/DO297.
• Negotiation level of English.
• Knowledge of airworthiness would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Planning, piloting, risk identification and reporting to ensure on-time delivery.
• Certification approach harmonization: promote harmonized demonstrations with EASA/authorities.
• Certification activities: define certification basis, establish certification programs, review and close docs.

Skills

Avionics cert.

Project management

System engineering

Airworthiness

English negotiation

Job description

Job Description

Take off with Airbus Helicopters!

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a AVIONICS Lead Flight & Ops Certification Qualification Engineer (f/m) to join the Design Office based in Marignane, France.

Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.

The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.

You will have a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.

To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your future missions

The mission of the Lead Flight & Ops Certification/Qualification Engineer is to ensure an harmonized certification approach for future avionic versions, installed on civil H/C (EC135, BK117, H160 or EC175), to demonstrate compliance of Airbus Helicopters products to the applicable airworthiness requirements, to ensure their in-service safety. This results in a challenging transverse position, including negotiation internally but also with Aviation Authorities world-wide, with great responsibilities, and a good overview on our products, on our systems and on our organization.

Within the Airworthiness Office, the Initial Airworthiness Department is responsible for leading the Certification and Qualification activities necessary to meet the development and deliveries milestones of the different programs.

These activities mainly cover:

• The initial Certification of our products
• The Certification of further steps (domain extension, new variant, ...), and of Post-TC (after TC) design changes (including Technical Publications)
• The serial and prototype helicopters 'Permit to Fly'
• The initial as well as design change Foreign validation
• The management of schedule and priorities for all these certification activities
• The support to deliveries
• The support to offer

Task & accountabilities

As part of Avionics Chief Airworthiness Engineer team, in direct contact with the Chief Engineer team, the different key contributors from the Design Office and Support Services, as well as with the Authorities (EASA, FAA, DGA...), the job holder main missions will be:

Project Management

• Planning and piloting of Avionics Certification activities and reviews
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Managing priorities internally
• Follow-up and reporting on compliance demonstration activities progress, fixing hard points, and ensuring on time completion of the activities
• Ensuring interface with change board management process

Certification approach harmonization

• Promote and implement an harmonized compliance demonstration for CS Subpart B&G requirements: Ensure liaison with the Flight Test department
• Promote and implement an harmonized compliance demonstration for avionic equipment obsolescence management for CS Subpart F: Ensure liaison with Transverse Project team
• Avionics Post-Certification Item (CAIs) initial airworthiness focal point: Ensure liaison, follow-up and on-time commitment between Primary Certification authority and Design Office, Flight Test department

Certification activities

• Contributing to Avionics certifications:
• Identification and definition of the applicable Certification basis (airworthiness and OSD) and CRI
• Definition of Certification logic, establishing corresponding Certification Program, with relevant support from the Airworthiness experts
• Validating compliance demonstrations proposed by the design office
• Contributing to the helicopter level certification activities: consolidating the results of the compliance demonstration and declaring compliance at helicopter level to support their delivery
• Contributing to 1 or several Helionix certification steps for a program (EC135, BK117, H160 or EC175) as needed depending on the different on-going certification steps
• Contributing to UMBRELLA initial certification:

• Review the main system plan
• Initiate discussions with EASA based on main architecture & functions (high level) and prepare Certification Plan.
• Framing of System Engineering with EASA Panel 10
• Organize System Review and Technical Familiarization
• Preparation of the Permit to Fly
• Review, closure of certification docs

This role will involve some travel for business in Europe and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

Required skills

You will have the following skills and experience:

• At least 3 years of overall Engineering experience
• At least 3 years of experience in avionics certification and/or in Software (DO178-B, DO254) and/or System Engineering (ARP4754, DO297)
• Experienced in project management would be a plus.
• Knowledge of airworthiness would be a plus.
• Negotiation level of English.

3 Reasons to join us

Our Values : Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family.

Inclusion and diversity : We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving.

Compensation and benefits

At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority.

Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.

We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility).

And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference:

• A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
• Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.

Company

Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type

Permanent

Classe Emploi (France)

Classe F12

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

Qualification & Operability

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