Aircraft Certification Engineer: Modifications & Compliance

Rippling, Inc.; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Aery Aviation, LLC is seeking a Certification Engineer to plan, coordinate, and execute aircraft certification for modifications, repairs, and certification programs. You will develop strategies, compliance plans, and documentation to demonstrate regulatory and military compliance.

Collaboration with FAA, DERs, ODA, and customers is essential to ensure timely certification across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience supporting aircraft certification, aircraft modifications, repairs, or aerospace product development.
• Working knowledge of FAA regulations, STC processes, FAA Form 337 major alteration processes, Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA).
• Experience developing or reviewing compliance matrices, engineering reports, test plans, conformity documentation, and other certification artifacts.
• Familiarity with applicable regulatory guidance, military airworthiness requirements, industry standards, and the ability to interpret engineering drawings, analyses, specifications, and technical documentation for certification purposes.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, verbal, and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop certification strategies, plans, and means of compliance supporting aircraft modifications, repairs, and certification programs.
• Identify applicable regulatory, military, customer, and airworthiness requirements and ensure engineering activities support compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain certification documentation including compliance matrices, certification plans, engineering reports, ICA, and other supporting certification artifacts.
• Coordinate certification activities with Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Design Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Stress Engineers, Production, Quality, Program Management, and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate with FAA representatives, DERs, ODA organizations, military authorities, customers, and suppliers to support certification planning, technical reviews, conformity inspections, and regulatory approvals.
• Review engineering drawings, analyses, reports, test plans, and technical documentation to verify compliance with applicable certification requirements.
• Develop and coordinate engineering test plans, conformity inspections, ground tests, flight tests, and other certification activities required to demonstrate compliance.
• Support fabrication, installation, troubleshooting, testing, and aircraft modification activities to ensure continued compliance with approved engineering data and certification requirements.
• Participate in engineering design reviews and provide technical recommendations regarding certification strategy, regulatory compliance, continued airworthiness, and project risk.
• Maintain certification documentation under configuration control and ensure work products comply with company standards, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, development of certification processes, engineering standards, and lessons-learned activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Engineering Manager.

Skills

Analytical skills

Coordination with stakeholders

Technical communication

Office and hangar work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related

Job description

Aery Aviation, LLC is seeking a Certification Engineer to plan, coordinate, and execute aircraft certification for modifications, repairs, and certification programs. You will develop strategies, compliance plans, and documentation to demonstrate regulatory and military compliance.

Collaboration with FAA, DERs, ODA, and customers is essential to ensure timely certification across the project lifecycle.