Principal Certification Engineer

Overview

POWERTECH is a center of excellence for propulsion technologies, specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of combustion engines, expendable turbojet engines, and turbofan engines for a wide range of aerospace, defence, and autonomous applications, including fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs and other advanced platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define the certification basis (CS-E / FAR 33 / Special Conditions).
• Oversee the Safety strategy and its justification.
• Establish Means of Compliance (MoC) for each requirement.
• Build and maintain the Compliance Demonstration Matrix (CDM).
• Interface with Authorities & Stakeholders (Customer, Partners, EASA, FAA, Military Authorities).
• Support certification planning, audits, and technical meetings.

Documentation & Evidence

• Write, review and approve certification reports (tests, analyses, similarity).
• Validate compliance artifacts: test reports, analyses, calculations.
• Manage certification configuration and conformity documentation.
• Support Type Certification, Validation, and Supplemental TC.

Configuration & Airworthiness

• Support DOA privileges and compliance procedures.
• Manage deviations, concessions, and findings.
• Support Continued Operational Safety (COS) activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience within turbofan propulsion, aerospace, or other complex engineered systems
• Solid understanding of turbofan architectures (including engine build-up and dressing, AGB, ECU, modules FAN/LPC/HPC/HPT/LPT/TRF/OGV…, sub-systems and their integration constraints), performance drivers and technology interfaces (sensors, equipment…)
• Strong knowledge of V&V, airworthiness and certification frameworks (CS-E / FAR 33, Part 21 (DOA/POA), ARP4754A (system development), ARP4761 (safety assessment), Certification test philosophy, STANAG (such as 4671), MCRI approach, SORA approach…)
• Exposure to customer, OEMs, authorities

Skills

• Agile and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to analyze and structure complex information into actionable product decisions under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment, across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial teams
• Excellent communication skills, team player