Senior Avionics Certification Lead - Hybrid & Fortnight

General Dynamics Corporation; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Flexible benefits

Career development plan

Hybrid work model

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems in the UK is seeking a Principal Avionics Certification Engineer to lead certification planning and compliance for complex airborne systems. You will own the certification strategy across hardware, software and safety disciplines, guiding evidence production and audits while collaborating with customers, authorities and partners on programme GCAP.

Role requires DO-178C/DO-254 expertise, strong leadership, and ability to translate objectives into actionable

Qualifications

• Significant experience developing or leading certification and compliance approaches for complex airborne systems or products.
• Strong knowledge of airborne software and/or electronic hardware certification, including DO-178C/DO-254.
• Experience defining certification strategies, plans, and evidence requirements.
• Experience interpreting certification objectives and translating them into practical engineering activities and deliverables.
• Experience providing certification guidance across multidisciplinary teams (systems, software, hardware, safety, quality).
• Experience leading certification reviews, audits or formal assurance activities.
• Experience engaging with customers and certification authorities across programmes.
• Degree-level qualification in engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the certification strategy for complex airborne mission systems and associated software and hardware.
• Define certification plans, compliance approaches and evidence requirements across the programme lifecycle.
• Interpret certification objectives and provide authoritative guidance to teams.
• Ensure certification considerations are embedded within architecture and development planning.
• Lead reviews of certification evidence and identify gaps, risks and dependencies.
• Engage with customers, certification authorities, design organisations and partners.
• Provide technical leadership during audits, reviews and assurance activities.
• Make proportionate certification decisions balancing compliance, risk and programme constraints.
• Coach Certification Engineers and promote best practices across the programme.

Skills

DO-178C

DO-254

Certification strategy

Certification audits

Airborne systems

Stakeholder engagement

Engineering leadership

Education

Degree in Engineering

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems in the UK is seeking a Principal Avionics Certification Engineer to lead certification planning and compliance for complex airborne systems. You will own the certification strategy across hardware, software and safety disciplines, guiding evidence production and audits while collaborating with customers, authorities and partners on programme GCAP.

Role requires DO-178C/DO-254 expertise, strong leadership, and ability to translate objectives into actionable