Aircraft Certification Design Engineer

## Aircraft Certification Design Engineer Apply:
Sandpoint:
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** Job Title
** Aircraft Certification Design Engineer
** Who are we?
** As an aircraft manufacturer, industrialist, industrial service provider and logistician, Daher currently has approximately 14,500 employees and achieved a revenue of 1.9 billion euros in 2025. With its family ownership, Daher has been focused on innovation since its creation in 1863. With locations in 15 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, Daher designs and develops value-added solutions for its aeronautical and industrial customers and partners

Daher's Idaho site, located in Sandpoint Idaho, a small outdoor community located between Lake Pend Oreille and Schweitzer Mountain, is home to Kodiak, a rugged mission ready 10-seat short takeoff and landing turboprop. The facility supports design, manufacturing, development, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities for the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900, serving customers worldwide. The team of approximately 300 employees builds airplanes starting largely from raw materials, all the way through painting, to final assembly, defining built by hand in Sandpoint Idaho.

Beyond final assembly is comprehensive customer service, aircraft maintenance, technical support, and quality oversight, while continuing to engineer the next generation of Kodiak capability.

Daher is seeking a
** Certification Engineer**. This is a high impact role, acting as primary certification coordinator for all Kodiak type design changes and serving as the focal for Kodiak’s relationship with the FAA. This role provides technical and regulatory guidance on type design changes, manages major and minor change classifications, and ensures compliance with 14 CFR Part 23 and Part 21 requirements. The position involves close coordination with the FAA West Certification Branch (WCB), support for foreign validations, and strategic navigation of evolving regulatory policies.

Additional responsibilities include preparing certification plans and compliance documentation, maintaining conformity oversight, and supporting continued operational safety activities such as Service Bulletin and Airworthiness Directive management, 21.3 reporting, and root cause analysis to uphold airworthiness and fleet safety standards.  
** Responsibilities:
*** Lead certification activities for design changes and major certification programs, including development and maintenance of compliance checklists (CCLs), compliance documentation, and test plans
* Coordinate with DERs, the FAA, and international aviation authorities to support certification, validation, and approval activities
* Review and classify all type design changes as major or minor in accordance with the approved Minor Change Agreement (MCA)·
* Provide technical and regulatory guidance to cross-functional teams and ensure applicable regulations are adequately addressed in change substantiation
* Monitor evolving regulatory policies and develop strategies to support certification and product development objectives
* Support fleet continued operational safety (COS) activities  
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* Required Qualifications:

*** Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or related engineering discipline
* Minimum 10 years of aerospace experience, including at least 3 years of direct involvement in certification activities such as certification plans, FAA coordination, DER collaboration
* Strong knowledge of 14 CFR Part 23 (Amendment 23-63 preferred)
* Working knowledge of 14 CFR Part 21, Subpart D, FAA Order 8110.4, and Minor Change Agreement (MCA) processes
* Experience with or familiarity with foreign validation processes and international certification authorities
* Ability to manage certification plans, compliance checklists, compliance documentation, and conformity activities for certification programs
* Familiarity with system safety processes, including FHA, SSA, and FMEA as used in general aviation
** Desired

Qualifications:

*** Broad understanding of aircraft systems architecture, aerodynamics, aircraft performance, stability and control, and flight system
* Familiarity with DO-160 environmental qualification requirements and testing
* Experience supporting Continued Operational Safety (COS) activities, including service bulletins, airworthiness directives, regulatory reporting, and corrective actions
* Familiarity with Safety Management Systems (SMS), reliability programs, continued airworthiness data analysis, and risk…