Aircraft Design and Certification Manager

Position Type & Hours

• Full‑time (37 hours per week)
• Overtime, weekend or holiday work may be required based on workload
• Regular and punctual attendance required

LHR, United Kingdom.

• Manage and maintain the Design Organization Approval (DOA) and its handbook.
• Support the UK CAA yearly audits related to the DOA.
• Generate applications to obtain UK‑CAA STCs for Teledyne products.
• Lead design reviews and generate manufacturing drawings, kit drawings, and aircraft documentation (Master Data Lists, Weight and Balance, Electrical Load Analysis, Engineering orders, Instructions for Continued Airworthiness).
• Work with the US Certification department to support US‑FAA STCs and generate minor modification data packages.
• Maintain knowledge of aviation regulations and Teledyne products to design interfaces and modifications compliant with UK‑CAA.
• Interpret existing aircraft design to develop electrical, mechanical and functional interfaces and modifications for safe installation of Teledyne Controls avionics.
• Generate compliance and substantiation documents for STC projects (EWIS, System Safety Analysis).
• Support First‑of‑Type (FOT) installations at domestic and international customer locations.

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from a four‑year college or university, or five‑ to six‑year related experience or equivalent education and experience.
• Proven experience in certifying avionics appliances and avionics systems.
• Strong regulatory background and experience working with the UK CAA and understanding regulatory requirements for commercial aircraft.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to act as a technical certification interface internally and externally.
• Knowledge of communication, navigation, surveillance, and data/voice recording avionics systems is an asset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Adobe Acrobat and AutoCAD.

Requires approximately 10% domestic and international travel.