Avionics Systems Engineer
Permanent £70k - £75k Preston (4 days p/week on site

We are working with a Defence consultancy in the recruitment of a Avionics Systems engineer. You will be assisting with the qualification & certification activities for key avionics system updates. This is an important role in supporting the qualification of design changes across a number of avionics sub-systems, and the engineer will work closely with test, integration and support teams to release new capability in line with programme demands.

Required Skills (Technical Competency):
  • Recent Military or civil aircraft Qualification & Certification experience
  • Generation of Airworthiness and Flight Clearance documentation
  • Working with other Avionics teams to plan and gather required qualification & certification inputs from SIL rig testing, flight trials, etc
  • Assessment of Qualification & Certification evidence, identifying any shortfalls and their impact
  • Ability to identify potential safety issues and liaise with appropriate teams to resolve
  • Identifying and tracking dependencies
  • Working closely with external assessor stakeholders (i.e. Qual & Cert / Airworthiness), to secure independent assessment and approval of Clearances
  • Assessing the traceability of Clearance evidence
  • Presentation of Certification evidence for formal sign off
  • Tracking and managing Clearance baselines across complex product variants
  • Supporting programme reviews, as required

Desired Skills:
  • Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field is preferred
  • Knowledge of the Typhoon (or similar military aircraft) platform and the Qualification & Certification processes required (e.g. Eurofighter QAPs (Quality Assurance Policies), UK MAA certification processes (MACP / RA), EASA civil certification processes (CS-25)).
  • Experience with JIRA agile project management tools
  • Experience using Product Safety analysis processes and toolsets (e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, ISOgraph toolsets (i.e. Reliability Workbench)
To apply for this position please send your CV to scott@copello.co.uk or call 07891835165 for more information.

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