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Aerospace Engineer III

Job in Lone Tree, Douglas County, Colorado, 80124, USA
Listing for: Sierra Nevada Corporation
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 108000 - 149000 USD Yearly USD 108000.00 149000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Do you love bringing "out-there" ideas to life? We are innovators on a mission to unite, explore and inspire. As an Aerospace Engineer III, you will lead complex engineering projects, providing technical expertise and mentorship to junior engineers. You will play a critical role in the innovation and development of advanced aerospace systems.

If Aircraft Certification Engineer, use this language

Do you love bringing "out-there" ideas to life? We are innovators on a mission to unite, explore and inspire. As an Aircraft Certification Engineer III you'll be exposed to a broad range of aircraft modifications. You'll help create successful program execution by coordinating with various aircraft regulators to ensure that the aircraft design is compliant to an appropriate set of regulations.

This includes the FAA and various US and Foreign military organizations. In this role you will solve an extremely diverse set of problems related to aircraft design and operation. This is a high visibility role that involves interfacing with most of the other roles in the organization and taking a broad perspective of the entire air system. The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems.

Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4

ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations - with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

Responsibilities:
  • Primary interface with regulatory authorities
  • Provides project management of all certification activities
  • Assists in design and management reviews, including preparing and presenting (i.e. PDR, CDR)
  • Navigate through the certification challenges and proposes courses of action
  • Reviews all supporting documents for accuracy and compliance
  • Coordinates Military approvals
  • Provides guidance with respect to certification requirements to internal and external departments
Qualifications You Must Have:
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or other related discipline and typically 6 or more years of relevant experience
  • Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
  • Basic understanding of Computer Aided Engineering tools
  • Basic awareness of the certification planning process (i.e. developing certification plans, the establishment of certification basis, proposing Methods of Compliance, proposing compliance artifacts)
  • Prior experience with Military certification (MIL-HDBK-516) programs and/or FAA Certification Standards (14 CFR Part 23, 25, 27, 29)
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required
Qualifications We Prefer:
  • Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry
  • Background in Project Management
  • Comfortable reviewing information from various engineering disciplines outside of your specialty
  • Experience coordinating certification approvals with DoD certifying authorities, FAA Aircraft Certification Office, ODA's, or Delegated Engineering Representatives (DER's)/Unit Members
  • Experience with reading, reviewing and interpreting technical documentation for accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations
  • Familiarity with aircraft flight test
Essential Functions:
  • Ability to work at a computer for extended periods.
  • Ability to travel up to 10%.
  • Work in an office or hybrid environment.

May require lifting up to 25 lbs occasionally.

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $ - $.

Benefits:
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision plans
  • 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
  • life insurance
  • 3 weeks paid time off
  • tuition reimbursement
  • and more

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance.

The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility…

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