ET#19 - AVIONICS Certification Qualification Engineer (f/m)

AVIONICS Certification Qualification Engineer – Marignane

Join Airbus Helicopters to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.

The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France near Marseille and Aix‑En‑Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high‑tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate compliance of Airbus Helicopters products with applicable airworthiness requirements, ensuring in‑service safety.
• Lead initial certification of our products, subsequent certification steps (domain extension, new variant, etc.), and post‑TC design changes.
• Manage serial and prototype helicopters’ Permit to Fly and foreign validation.
• Plan and pilot avionics certification activities and reviews, identify and mitigate risks, and manage internal priorities.
• Track and report on the progress of compliance demonstration activities, resolve hard points, and ensure on‑time completion.
• Interface with the change board management process and support deliveries and offers.
• Contribute to certification logic definition, certification program development, and validation of design office compliance demonstrations.
• Contribute to helicopter‑level certification activities, consolidating compliance demonstration results to support delivery.
• Participate in Helionix certification steps for programs such as EC135, BK117, H160, or EC175 as required.
• Contribute to UMBRELLA initial certification, review the main system plan, initiate discussions with EASA, prepare certification plans, and frame System Engineering with EASA Panel 10.
• Organise system reviews and technical familiarisations, prepare the Permit to Fly, and review/close certification documents.
• Travel for business within Europe as required.

Qualifications

• Educated to a 5‑year degree level (or equivalent) in Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of overall engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in avionics certification and/or in software (DO178‑B, DO254) and/or system engineering (ARP4754, DO297).
• Project management experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of airworthiness is a plus.
• Negotiation‑level proficiency in English.

Benefits

• Dynamic CSE offering a company restaurant, children’s leisure centre, sports complex, and travel allowances.
• Transport facilities: company shuttles or reimbursement of an annual transport pass.

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