Certification Senior Engineer

About POWERTECH

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.

About the Role

The Certification Specialist ensures full regulatory compliance of the turbofan engine with applicable airworthiness requirements throughout development, certification, and continued airworthiness phases.

Key Responsibilities

Certification Strategy & Compliance

• Define the certification basis (CS-E / FAR 33 / Special Conditions).

• 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 8 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…
• Exposure to customer, OEMs, authorities

Skills

• Agile and problem-solving mindset
• Strong system approach / interfaces management
• Ability to analyze and structure complex information into actionable product decision 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

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