Mid-level or Senior Airworthiness & Regulatory Engineer

About the role

The Regulatory Administration & Airworthiness team is seeking an Airworthiness & Regulatory Engineer to join their team in Renton, Washington.

This team has opportunities for those looking toward next steps in their career development in the field of aviation regulations and safety. If you are a growth-minded person with excitement for certification systems, realizing efficiencies, and thrive in an environment of latitude, we encourage you to apply.

The team and leadership encourage innovation and forward-thinking solutions in an autonomous atmosphere. The team enjoys problem solving through investigating issues, developing action plans, data analysis and driving systems level solutions. This is a dynamic and highly visible environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the identification, analysis, and assessment of regulatory and contractual compliance of aerospace systems, products and services.
• Covers coordination with engineering teams, project administrators, and regulators (may include international regulators/validation authorities) to successfully certify projects for commercial aircraft production teams.
• Reviews certification plans, writes letters to regulators, and understands compliance process.
• Leading cross-functional teams resulting in resolution of technical issues.
• Coverage of coordinating technical messaging and partnering with the FAA on regulatory issues.
• Ownership, management, and having/developing technical aptitude to enable execution of process/procedure documents (BPM, BPIs, D6s, D950s, etc.).
• Ensures proper coordination across products, platforms and functional areas to promote culture of compliance to requirements and application of procedures and FAA guidance.
• Development of strategic action plans for changes to certification processes and execution of those plans through completion.
• Contribution to root cause corrective action plans for development and execution of noncompliance’s, voluntary disclosures, informal corrective actions, formal corrective actions, etc. including reviewing/researching processes, design practices, analysis, conducting root cause analysis, and identifying/owning corrective actions and corrective action plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• Level 3: 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience working directly with the FAA or and ODA on type Certification projects
• Experience and familiarity with FAA processes and procedures and ODA and Applicant roles

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience): Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• Level 3: 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience working directly with the FAA or and ODA on type Certification projects
• Experience and familiarity with FAA processes and procedures and ODA and Applicant roles
• Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience): Level 4: 9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience utilizing professional/technical writing skills, teaming successfully to solve technical issues
• Experience developing and managing internal processes and procedures
• Experience in a role developing, leading, and executing projects and utilizing project processes / skills
• Experience in customer relationship development, promoting long term account plans, and growing trusting relationships
• Experience presenting to multiple levels of an organization
• Ability to balance multiple competing priorities and work streams