Individual Aircraft Certification Engineer; IACE); Principal Engineer

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The Individual Aircraft Certification Engineer provides in-service vehicle airworthiness expertise and manages airworthiness approval in the domain of Structural and System repair solutions, in service vehicle Flight Conditions.

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

The Engineering Center in Mobile, Alabama houses hundreds of Airbus engineers who assist in the design and development of Airbus commercial aircraft cabins, including aftermarket upgrades, reconfigurations and services of all product types across the globe.

• Manage and monitor the global certification process for deviations and/or potential issues that would affect the individual aircraft prior to delivery, and initiates corrective actions as necessary.
• Coordinate with the Airbus and customer delivery teams, site and global certification personnel, design offices, and the relevant Aviation Authorities for preparation of necessary justifications and documentation to support the aircraft certification.
• Coordinate the application and issuance of the individual aircraft Certificate of Airworthiness (i.e. FAA Form 8100-2) for the relevant Aviation Authority.
• Monitor for applicable regulatory requirement changes and/or additions that may affect the airworthiness status of each individual aircraft prior to delivery.
• Develop, establish, and maintain certification management tools to include certification program plans, data requirement matrixes, action item matrixes and risk matrixes.
• Coordinate any exemption, waiver, and/or derogation requests with EASA and the registration country Aviation Authority.
• When requested by the Customer (RFC) or by the relevant Aviation Authority, establish compliance status with design and/or operational requirements (i.e. FAR 121 & FAA Type Design).
• Sign and release the Aircraft Design Declaration (ADD) attesting compliance with the following:
  1) EASA type design,
  2) the importing Regulatory Authority (ex. FAA) type design per the relevant Type Certificate Data Sheet,
  3) all changes in addition to the type design have been approved,
  4) all concession with the suffix R have been reviewed for Airworthiness Certification impacts per EASA CS 25 and FAR part 25, and
  5) research and validate any differences in Type Design and the aircraft configuration.

• Financial Rewards:
  Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance:
  Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare:
  Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development:
  Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership…