Supernal
Director, Civil Certification
Irvine, CA · Director
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About the role
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- The role will interact directly with Company leadership, the entire Engineering organization, the Test & Evaluation group, Program Management, the Quality team, and the Policy team to achieve program Certification objectives.
Requirements
- Identify resources and staffing needs to build the required team needed to accomplish Civil Certification department goals
- Participate in design reviews (PDR, CDR), safety reviews, and Certification readiness reviews as required
- Ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally
Company info
- This role will serve as the leader of the Civil Certification team with the responsibility to manage and facilitate the Type Certification process between Supernal and the Regulatory Authorities throughout the project lifecycle.
- In addition to being a primary technical liaison with the FAA, you will coordinate the planning, strategy, and execution of all activities, deliverables, and artifacts related to Certification, including the Production Certification and foreign validation efforts with other international aviation authorities.
- The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of aircraft certification experience, with palpable enthusiasm for establishing an organizational culture around compliance and safety, and a passion for bringing new, innovative aircraft to market.
- This role requires presence in office 5 days a week.
- What you can do:
- Lead the planning and strategy for Certification by defining Certification program objectives and priorities, and disseminating that information to appropriate stakeholders
- Coordinate with Regulatory Authorities by serving as the primary point of contact throughout the project lifecycle, including but not limited to: pre-application discussions, administration of the Partnership for Safety Plan and MOA, technical discussions around certification issues, TCBMs, as well as facilitating technical responses to address Issues papers
- Ensure the Supernal organization and its products are compliant with FAA regulations, directives, policies, and guidance
- Manage the performance of Civil Certification Projects
- Manage the generation and maintenance of various Certification artifacts such as the PSCP, the TC Application, Compliance checklists, SLCPs, Certification test plans, special conditions, conformity plan, compliance showing data, and others
- Interpret FAA regulations and work closely with engineering to ensure they are translated into clear, verifiable requirements that are implemented into the design
- Develop conformity processes and establish infrastructure to ensure compliance with data retention requirements
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