Senior Avionics Certification Engineer – Hybrid Work

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible benefits

Compressed nine-day fortnight

Career development plan

Job summary

General Dynamics UK is seeking a Certification Engineer to support the GCAP programme, delivering plans, evidence and assurance artefacts for complex airborne systems.

You will work with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to embed certification considerations across the life cycle, participate in audits, identify risks and engage with customers and partners to progress certification activity.

Qualifications

• Experience in certification in aerospace/defence or safety-critical engineering environments.
• Knowledge of airborne software/hardware certification including DO-178C/DO-254.
• Experience producing or reviewing certification plans and evidence.
• Ability to interpret requirements and communicate to multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with safety/quality specialists to resolve issues.
• Strong technical-documentation skills and auditable evidence.
• Degree in engineering/science/tech or equivalent experience.
• Experience with AI/ML models is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain certification plans, compliance documentation and assurance artefacts for complex 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, consistency and compliance.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams on certification.
• Support internal and external audits, reviews and certification activities.
• Identify risks, gaps and dependencies and support corrective actions.
• Engage with customers and partners on certification progress.
• Contribute to continual improvement of certification processes.

Skills

Aerospace certification

DO-178C

DO-254

Lifecycle documentation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Technical writing

AI/ML familiarity

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

General Dynamics UK is seeking a Certification Engineer to support the GCAP programme, delivering plans, evidence and assurance artefacts for complex airborne systems.

You will work with systems, software, hardware, safety and quality teams to embed certification considerations across the life cycle, participate in audits, identify risks and engage with customers and partners to progress certification activity.