Principal Certification Engineer
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**External Job Description** **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. **Key Responsibilities** **Certification Strategy & Compliance** * Define the certificat
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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.
Certification Strategy & Compliance
- Define the certification basis (CS-E / FAR 33 / Special Conditions).
- Oversee the Safety strategy and is 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
- 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
- #Powertech
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