Airworthiness & Certification Engineer

Socket.dev; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking an Aircraft Certification Engineer in Newport News, VA to support certification for aircraft modifications, repairs, and aerospace programs. You will develop compliance plans, coordinate with FAA, DERs, and other authorities, and produce certification artifacts across engineering teams.

The role requires evaluating regulations, creating conformity documentation, and ensuring continued airworthiness throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting aircraft certification, modifications, repairs, or aerospace product development.
• Working knowledge of FAA regulations, STC processes, FAA Form 337 major alterations, and ICA.
• Experience developing or reviewing compliance matrices, engineering reports, test plans, conformity documentation, and certification artifacts.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, analyses, specifications, regulatory guidance, and military airworthiness requirements.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, verbal, and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop certification strategies, plans, and means of compliance for aircraft modifications and repairs.
• Identify applicable FAA, military, customer, and airworthiness requirements.
• Create and maintain compliance matrices, certification plans, engineering reports, ICA documentation, and other certification records.
• Coordinate certification activities with Mechanical, Electrical, Design, Stress, Production, Quality, and Program Management teams.
• Work with FAA representatives, DERs, ODA organizations, military authorities, customers, and suppliers on certification requirements and technical reviews.
• Review engineering drawings, analyses, reports, test plans, and technical documentation for certification compliance.
• Plan and coordinate conformity inspections, ground testing, flight testing, and other compliance demonstrations.
• Support fabrication, installation, troubleshooting, testing, and aircraft modification activities.
• Participate in design reviews and provide guidance on certification strategy, regulatory compliance, continued airworthiness, and project risks.
• Maintain certification records under configuration control and ensure documentation meets applicable standards and procedures.
• Support improvements to certification processes, engineering standards, and lessons-learned activities.
• Assist with continued operational safety, post-certification engineering activities, certification scheduling, and risk management.

Skills

FAA regulations

STC processes

ICA

Compliance matrices

Engineering drawings interpretation

Cross-functional coordination

Airworthiness knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking an Aircraft Certification Engineer in Newport News, VA to support certification for aircraft modifications, repairs, and aerospace programs. You will develop compliance plans, coordinate with FAA, DERs, and other authorities, and produce certification artifacts across engineering teams.

The role requires evaluating regulations, creating conformity documentation, and ensuring continued airworthiness throughout the project lifecycle.