Certification/ Regulatory Compliance Engineer

Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and/or assist with FAA Engineering Delegations, such as ODA and design approval delegations. Specifically, selection, appointment, and renewal processes, as well as developing, conducting, and/or facilitating associated training and mentoring.
• Evaluate non-conforming product escapes for product safety impacts and assist with RCCA / SMS processes to mitigate future recurrences.
• Program level planning, which includes certification milestone scheduling, preparing certification metrics and visibility to support management & leadership meetings.
• Organizing and leading efforts of various groups and technical disciplines to identify and document certification requirements, preparing and/or reviewing certification plans, test plans, test procedures, test reports, compliance reports, and other related certification documents and forms.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited program, with a minimum of 2 years of experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering, quality, operations, supplier management, company leadership and FAA designees to successfully lead certification efforts to meet FAA and international regulatory requirements, as applicable.
• Ability to identify, plan, prepare, facilitate, track and oversee development and certification deliverables for airplane certification projects and regulatory issues.
• Knowledge of FAA regulations regarding aircraft structure and/or propulsion systems.
• Familiar with product safety concepts and ability to contribute to Spirit’s Safety Management System (SMS) development team.
• Specifically hazard identification and assessment of non-conforming product.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Past experience working aircraft related development and/or certification projects demonstrating they can work with customers, suppliers, test labs, and/or regulatory authorities to ensure regulatory compliance in support of airplane certification
• Knowledge and experience with certification testing is also highly preferred.
• Experience presenting technical topics to a wide audience is preferred.
• Background in Stress or Design Engineering in Aerospace.
  
  

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

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