Senior Aviation Seating Certification Engineer

Collins Aerospace; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace Interiors in Winston-Salem, NC, seeks a Seating Certification Engineer to lead regulatory certification for interior aircraft components. You will plan, research, and execute certification activities for new and in-service aircraft, including redesigns, repairs, upgrades, and modifications.

This onsite role requires an engineering degree and several years of experience with FAA and international regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• A Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil engineering is required per FAA agreement
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role

Responsibilities

• Prepares appropriate documentation for assigned projects, which includes Cert plans, Similarity/Compliance Reports, Qualification plans, Qualification reports, defining test pass/fail criteria, formulation of different templates for reports, etc.
• Coordinates internal/external activities to ensure that all agreed upon certification requirements are met.
• Participates and conducts reviews of complex analyses and tests pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials, and reports to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and provide constructive feedback.
• Reviews complex drawings and reports to ensure conformity to regulatory requirements.
• Research regulations, develops critical data, and generates documentation in response to customer/integrator requirements and/or FAA or foreign regulatory agency requests.
• Communicates with customer to establish understanding of customer's technical requirements and convey certification capabilities, requirements, organizational expertise.
• Creates technical proposals for customers by integrating knowledge of product, regulatory requirements, market, price point, organizational capabilities, and business strategy.
• Coordinates and/or leads continuous improvement initiatives that involve cross-functional team settings and responsibilities.
• Execute strategies to improve certification efficiency, reduce cost and demonstration of airworthiness with regulatory agencies and OEM’s.
• Develop engineering techniques and on various engineering disciplines to solve problems and make design & certification decisions.
• Participates as a team player across the organization and keep the values and vision of the organization.
• Up to 10% travel, based on business needs.

Skills

Engineering experience

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering

Tools

PMAs/TSO/STC/ OEM qualification

Job description

Collins Aerospace Interiors in Winston-Salem, NC, seeks a Seating Certification Engineer to lead regulatory certification for interior aircraft components. You will plan, research, and execute certification activities for new and in-service aircraft, including redesigns, repairs, upgrades, and modifications.

This onsite role requires an engineering degree and several years of experience with FAA and international regulatory requirements.