Senior Certification Engineer

Inspiring Mission

Advance a mission that matters: Contribute to avionics that redefine flight safety, usability, and confidence in the cockpit.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end certification process for Avidyne’s advanced avionics systems across fixed- and rotary-wing platforms.
• Partner closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams and regulatory agencies to deliver products our pilots can trust.
• Coordinate with regulatory authorities, DERs, and auditors to secure approvals and close compliance gaps.
• Drive certification strategies to meet FAA, EASA, and global airworthiness standards.
• Develop and maintain certification plans, test reports, IMs, PGAs, compliance matrices, and ICAs.
• Define certification strategy and means of compliance.
• Partner with systems, software, and hardware engineers to ensure seamless integration of certification requirements throughout design and development.
• Coordinate conformity inspections, audits, and reviews with FAA, EASA, and DERs.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers.
• Identify opportunities to streamline internal processes and contribute to certification best practices.
• Stay current on evolving regulations and contribute to process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Aerospace, or related Engineering.
• 5+ years of certification or systems engineering experience (3+ with a Master’s).
• Proven experience managing FAA certification programs (TSO, STC, or TC).
• Hands-on knowledge of DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A, and ARP4761 compliance standards.
• Experience coordinating with regulatory authorities and DERs.

Attributes

• Detail-oriented engineer who thrives on clarity and takes ownership of complex certification efforts.
• Excellent communication, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead certification efforts with minimal supervision.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Engineering or a related STEM field.
• Experience with EASA validation.
• Experience with multi-system integration projects.
• Pilot’s license, flight training, or strong knowledge of general aviation operations.
• Track record of process improvement in certification or compliance.