Principal Airworthiness Engineer — Certification Lead

Acro Service Corp

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 185,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Acro Service Corp. is seeking a Principal Airworthiness Engineer to join our team at Spectrum Center, Kearney Mesa, CA onsite. The role focuses on ensuring airworthiness objectives are translated into system solutions across the product lifecycle, including flight releases and type certifications.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in airworthiness planning, certification processes, and experience with UAS/RPAS. A DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one is required.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with required experience.
  • Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516D.
  • Experience developing airworthiness plans and Basis of Certification.
  • Experience with UAS/RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications.
  • Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Performs airworthiness planning and verification support including development of airworthiness plans and bases of certification.
  • Reviews with other airworthiness engineers and internal disciplines across the total system.
  • Translates customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements for airworthiness.
  • Manages Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence for certification programs.

Skills

Airworthiness planning
Certification planning
Systems engineering
DoD clearance
UAS/RPAS
MS Excel
PowerPoint
Word
SharePoint

Education

Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline
Master of Science in a STEM discipline
PhD in STEM

Tools

MS Excel
PowerPoint
Word
SharePoint

Job description

Acro Service Corp. is seeking a Principal Airworthiness Engineer to join our team at Spectrum Center, Kearney Mesa, CA onsite. The role focuses on ensuring airworthiness objectives are translated into system solutions across the product lifecycle, including flight releases and type certifications.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in airworthiness planning, certification processes, and experience with UAS/RPAS. A DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one is required.

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