Senior Avionics Certification Engineer — Do-178/254 Expert

General Dynamics Corporation; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Hybrid work model

Career development plan

Flexible benefits

Job summary

General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited is seeking a Certification Engineer to join its GCAP programme. You will support certification of complex airborne avionics and mission computing systems, ensuring compliance evidence is produced and evidenced throughout the lifecycle.

You will work with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to embed certification and support audits, with opportunities to influence advanced defence technology.

Qualifications

• Experience in certification, compliance, assurance or airworthiness within aerospace, defence or another safety-critical environment.
• Knowledge of airborne software and/or hardware certification incl. DO-178C/DO-254.
• Experience producing or reviewing certification plans and lifecycle assurance docs.
• Ability to interpret certification requirements for multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong technical documentation skills for auditable evidence.
• Degree-level engineering/science/technical discipline or equivalent.
• Experience with AI/ML models is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain certification plans, compliance documentation and assurance artefacts for airborne systems.
• Interpret certification objectives and identify evidence required for compliance.
• Define and implement certification approaches across the engineering lifecycle.
• Review lifecycle evidence for completeness and compliance.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to embed certification considerations.
• Support audits, reviews and certification activities.
• Identify risks, gaps and dependencies and suggest corrective actions.
• Engage with customers and partners on certification progress.
• Contribute to improving certification processes and guidance.

Skills

Certification expertise

Airworthiness knowledge

DO-178C/DO-254

Documentation skills

Engineering background

AI/ML awareness

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited is seeking a Certification Engineer to join its GCAP programme. You will support certification of complex airborne avionics and mission computing systems, ensuring compliance evidence is produced and evidenced throughout the lifecycle.

You will work with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to embed certification and support audits, with opportunities to influence advanced defence technology.