Senior Avionics Certification Engineer – Hybrid Role

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Nine-day fortnight

Career development plan

Flexible working environment

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems in the UK seeks a Certification Engineer to support the GCAP programme. You will develop certification plans, evidence and assurance artefacts for complex airborne systems, coordinating with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to demonstrate compliance.

You will engage with customers and partners, support audits and progressive assurance activities, and help define certification strategies across the engineering lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in certification, compliance, assurance or airworthiness in aerospace/defence
• Knowledge of airborne software and/or electronic hardware certification (DO-178C/DO-254)
• Experience producing or reviewing certification plans and evidence
• Ability to interpret requirements for multidisciplinary teams
• Experience with safety-critical lifecycle evidence and audits
• Degree-level engineering/technical discipline or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain certification plans and compliance artefacts for complex airborne systems
• Interpret certification objectives and identify evidence required for compliance
• Define and implement certification approaches across the lifecycle
• Review lifecycle evidence for completeness, consistency and compliance
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams on certification
• Support internal and external audits, reviews and assurance activities
• Identify risks, gaps and dependencies; support corrective actions
• Engage with customers, partners and assurance stakeholders on evidence
• Contribute to continuous improvement of certification processes and guidance

Skills

Certification expertise

Compliance planning

Auditing support

Stakeholder communication

Systems engineering liaison

Documented evidence

Safety-critical know-how

Do-178/Do-254 familiarity

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems in the UK seeks a Certification Engineer to support the GCAP programme. You will develop certification plans, evidence and assurance artefacts for complex airborne systems, coordinating with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to demonstrate compliance.

You will engage with customers and partners, support audits and progressive assurance activities, and help define certification strategies across the engineering lifecycle.