Staff Systems Engineer, Aerospace Systems & Certification

Colonial Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Supernal is seeking a Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering at its Irvine location. You will act as the technical authority to ensure architecture, requirements, and certification align with FAA standards throughout the aircraft lifecycle.

You will oversee system-level sizing, configuration control, and verification, coordinating with Strategy and other engineering functions to meet customer and business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering, or related field is required.
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Responsibilities

• Review FAA-recognized development standards across program phases.
• Identify gaps to achieve certification readiness at major milestones.
• Lead transfer of engineering systems and certification governance.
• Review architectures and decisions from vehicle integration and safety perspectives.
• Maintain vehicle-level sizing, margins, and performance allocations.
• Evaluate trades and interface definitions for compliance alignment.
• Monitor cross-functional interfaces to prevent architectural inconsistencies.
• Provide technical reviews at SRR, PDR, TRR, and CCB milestones.
• Identify integration, safety, and certification risks and mitigate.
• Ensure outputs align with FAA Part 21 Applicant obligations.
• Escalate deviations that impact regulatory commitments.
• Represent technical positions in governance reviews.

Skills

Requirements management

Systems engineering

MBSE

Systems integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Configuration control

Architecture review

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace/ electrical/ mechanical engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

Job description

Supernal is seeking a Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering at its Irvine location. You will act as the technical authority to ensure architecture, requirements, and certification align with FAA standards throughout the aircraft lifecycle.

You will oversee system-level sizing, configuration control, and verification, coordinating with Strategy and other engineering functions to meet customer and business needs.