Sr. Principal Certification Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted : 2024-05-28

2024-05-28

Country :

United States of America

Location :

HNC31 : US095-Winston-Salem (Fairchild 1455 Fairchild Road , Winston-Salem, NC, 27105 USA

Position Role Type : Onsite

Onsite

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

The Senior Principal Certification Engineer will be responsible for leading technical certification efforts for the Installation and Integration team within the Interiors Service and Support Organization.

The role requires the successful candidate to ensure new designs and design modifications meet or exceed regulatory requirements.

What You Will Do

• Communicates with customer to establish understanding of customer's technical requirements and convey certification capabilities, requirements, organizational expertise.
• Creates and reviews technical proposals for customers by integrating knowledge of product, regulatory requirements, market, price point, organizational capabilities, and business strategy.
• Approve certification documents produced by other engineers. May be required to author test plans and reports.
• Conducts necessary testing to ensure compliance.
• Coordinates activities to ensure that all agreed upon product specific certification requirements are met. This includes working closely with the DERs, ODAs, DOAs, OEMs, or FAA / CAAs.
• Conducts reviews of complex analyses and tests pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials, and reports to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Reviews entail advanced engineering principles, company standards / procedures, industry standards, regulatory guidance, and regulatory requirements.

Provides constructive feedback to internal and external customers.

• Reviews / approves drawings and reports to ensure conformity to regulatory requirements. As required, checks for document clarity, completeness, form, fit, function, and conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications.
• Research regulations, develops critical data, and generates documentation in response to customer / integrator requirements and / or FAA or foreign regulatory agency requests.

Effectively communicates with necessary parties.

• Coordinates or leads continuous improvement initiatives that involve cross-functional team settings and responsibilities.
• Enhance technical knowledge through training, reading technical publications, and participating in the development of industry standards.

Responsible for mentoring and providing training to other engineers.

• Participates in defining of engineering approaches and in planning / scheduling work.
• Executes strategies to improve certification efficiency, reduce cost and demonstrate airworthiness with regulatory agencies.
• Represents the Certification Team in design reviews.
• Participates as a team player across the organization and keep the values and vision of the organization.
• Up to 25% travel, based on business needs.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. RTX will not offer sponsorship for this position

Qualifications We Prefer

• Microsoft Office suite to include Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures manuals.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to use reasoning, creativity, and rational analysis to reduce the scope of certification, while maintaining the compliance of the product.
• Experience analyzing and identifying failure modes of systems.
• Prior experience reviewing and approving drawings.
• Prior experience with approving product deviations.
• Advanced knowledge of product certification including knowledge of PMA / TSO / STC / OEM qualification and certification.
• Familiarity with various tasks involved in certification and testing of airplane interior components.
• Minimum of 10 years of Certification / Test experience, including prior experience in certification by test and certification by analysis
• Knowledge of FEA and other simulation tools used to mitigate certification risks or reduce the scope of certification effort.
• Knowledge of EWIS and DO-160 environmental requirements.

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes :

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy : pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

Eligible for relocation

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success . We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers.

We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

reempowerprogram

This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey.

Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience.

Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second. Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying.

Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers.

We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy.

Join us as we take flight!

Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form with our customers and with each other propel us all higher, again and again.

The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education / training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and / or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and / or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.