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Senior/Principal Engineer, Aircraft Systems Certification
Job in
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90899, USA
Listed on 2026-09-09
Listing for:
Ampaire
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-09
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Senior/Principal Engineer, Aircraft Systems Certification, Long Beach, CA – Full time
Ampaire, a leading tech startup in California's electric aviation sector, is seeking a Senior/Principal Engineer for Systems & Certification. This role will own the systems engineering, requirements management, and interaction with the FAA Part 33/23 certification programs. The position focuses on managing the document submissions and discussions with the FAA for the requirements basis, means of compliance, and verification/validation. Key qualifications include experience with Part 23 certification projects.
The role reports to the CTO and is substantially full time in Long Beach, CA.
- Lead technical responses to the FAA for our Part 23 and Part 33 certification projects
- Create documentation for requirements, means of compliance, and verification/validation reports for submission to the FAA
- Review FAA feedback and provide responses
- Support negotiation of requirements, means of compliance, and interpretation of verification/validation reports
- Manage certification requirements and flow down
- Lead interaction with the engineering development team to negotiate and flow down certification requirements
- Support engineering design and/or V&V efforts as appropriate
- Support the CTO on resolution of novel technology negotiations with the FAA
- Support the Director of Certification in managing the FAA certification process
- Position based at Long Beach HQ facility
- Reports to the CTO
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering discipline
- 8+ years of increasing responsibilities in aerospace, or equivalent, FAA Part 23 certification projects
- Expert knowledge of G-1 certification basis and G-2 means/methods of compliance
- Expert knowledge of Part 23-64 and special condition process
- Expert knowledge developing compliance matrices for Subparts B thru G
- Expert knowledge of aircraft requirements management & tools
- Master’s degree in relevant engineering discipline
- 15+ years of relevant experience
- Executed FAA Part 23 major modification supplemental type certification (STC) projects or Part 33 projects through certification
- Expert knowledge of ARP
4761, ARP
4754, and Parts 25, 43, 91, and 135 - Familiarity with electrified propulsion certification-intent projects
160,000 - 260,000 per year
#J-18808-LjbffrPosition Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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