Certification Expert in ONE of the following areas: Avionics Systems or Electrical Systems or Hydromechanical Systems
Cologne
- Organization: EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency
- Location: Cologne
- Grade: Junior level - AD-5, Administrator - Open to citizens of an EU country
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Occupational Groups:
- Outer space and satellite technology
- Technology, Electronics and Mechanics
- Aviation and Air traffic (planning/management/services)
- Mechanics and Electronics (Engineering)
- Closing Date: 2023-02-11
You will join a highly skilled and motivated team of experts. As a Certification Expert, you will contribute to aviation safety and environmental compatibility by providing technical expertise to guide and permit decisions in initial airworthiness certification, continuing airworthiness and environmental compatibility at aircraft, equipment, and engine level. In addition, you will support other core technical activities of the Agency.
Your main accountabilities will be to:
Provide expert advice and contribution to complex certification projects and EASA teams for the determination of the applicable certification basis, the definition of the level of involvement by selecting compliance demonstration items and the agreement of applicants’ certification programmes
Verify the compliance demonstrations provided by applicants for the domain of expertise in cooperation with the certification teams and experts of other disciplines
Develop and contribute to the definition of interpretative material, special conditions or equivalent level of safety to cover new technologies, unconventional uses and proposals for novel compliance demonstration
Ensure investigation of in-service occurrences and defects in the domain of expertise, and acceptance of corrective actions to maintain acceptable safety standards and follow-up of those actions wherever necessary
Provide advice in the development of new airworthiness requirements, industrial standards, including relevant parts of EASA Certification Specifications and advisory and guidance material
Provide inputs and support to Design Organisation Approval activities as necessary
Provide technical inputs to support the other Agency’s activities such as Research projects or Innovation Partnership Contracts
Represent the Agency externally in international working-groups or standardisation bodies when requested to do so