Flight Controls Certification & Airworthiness Expert

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Certification Specialist (m/f) to join our Engineering department based in Toulouse, France. You will be part of a team developing flight control systems and will be involved in certification and airworthiness activities to ensure the safety and compliance of our aircraft programs.

You will coordinate with designers, suppliers, test centers and authorities, define certification plans, and lead airworthiness assessments.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in system safety, system certification and qualification.
• Knowledge of system physical architecture, integration, and engineering.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with multidisciplinary teams and authorities.
• High degree of autonomy, team spirit, and ability to foster trust.
• Negotiation level in English.

Responsibilities

• Define and negotiate Certification Plans with airworthiness authorities to certify systems modifications.
• Coordinate various stakeholders (designers, suppliers, test centers, pilots) to ensure the timely issuance of means of compliance.
• Manage the interface with Airworthiness Authorities throughout the certification process.
• Lead continuous airworthiness assessments, investigating potential safety issues and elaborating preventive and corrective actions.
• Contribute to system safety analyses, including Functional Hazard Analysis and System Safety Assessment.

Skills

System safety

System certification

System architecture

Engineering

Communication skills

Autonomy

English proficiency

Job description

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Certification Specialist (m/f) to join our Engineering department based in Toulouse, France. You will be part of a team developing flight control systems and will be involved in certification and airworthiness activities to ensure the safety and compliance of our aircraft programs.

You will coordinate with designers, suppliers, test centers and authorities, define certification plans, and lead airworthiness assessments.