Experienced or Senior Airworthiness & Regulatory Engineer

Experienced or Senior Airworthiness & Regulatory Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Regulatory Administration & Airworthiness team is seeking Experienced (Level 3) or Senior (Level 4) Airworthiness & Regulatory Engineer to join their team on-site in Everett, Washington.

This team has opportunities for those looking toward next steps in their career development in the field of aviation regulations and safety. If you are a growth-minded person with excitement for certification systems, realizing efficiencies, and thrives in an environment of latitude, we encourage you to apply.

The team and leadership encourage innovation and forward-thinking solutions in an autonomous atmosphere. The team enjoys problem solving through investigating issues, developing action plans, data analysis and driving systems level solutions. This is a dynamic and highly visible environment.

Primary responsibilities:

• Provides technical guidance and training relative to complex safety and airworthiness matters
• Coordinate with engineering teams, project administrators, and regulators (may include international regulators/validation authorities) to successfully certify projects for commercial aircraft production teams
• Review certification plans, write letters to regulators, and understand compliance process
• Leading cross-functional teams resulting in resolution of technical issues.
• Coordinate technical messaging and partnering with the FAA on regulatory issues
• Own, manage, and have/develop technical aptitude to enable execution of process/procedure documents (BPM, BPIs, D6s, D950s, etc.)
• Ensure proper coordination across products, platforms and functional areas to promote culture of compliance to requirements and application of procedures and FAA guidance
• Develop strategic action plans for changes to certification processes and execute those plans through completion
• Contribute to root cause corrective action plans for development and execution of noncompliance’s, voluntary disclosures, informal corrective actions, formal corrective actions, etc. including reviewing/researching processes, design practices, analysis, conducting root cause analysis, and identifying/owning corrective actions and corrective action plans

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• Level 3: 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Level 4: 9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience working directly with the FAA and/or ODA on Type Certification projects
• 5+ years of experience in developing, contributing and/or maintaining processes, policies, and procedures.
• Experience with project management and self-managing projects.
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment and ability to interact well with various levels of leadership and front-line employees
• Ability to accomplish goals on a self-directed basis
• Experience leading cross-functional teams 

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

• Experience in presenting data to customers, suppliers, and program and site leaders.
• Knowledge of software development and Digital Services product portfolio is preferred.
• Previous experience with Safety Management Systems and/or understanding of FAA Part 5 regulations relating to SMS (or the equivalent global ICAO standards).
• Understanding of Safety Risk Management/Bowtie methodology.
• Experience working across the certification value stream
• Experience communicating verbally and in writing, to a variety of audiences including FAA representation, ODA Leadership, Engineering Unit Members (E-UM) & Project Administrators (PA), and Program & Functional Leaders
• Experience coaching/teaching E-UMs, Design Approval Engineers, Technical Specialists, Cert Plan Owners/Authors on certification processes and tool usage
• Experience identifying web application impact due to changes in certification requirements
• Systems thinker capable of making engineering proposals based on data analysis and forecasting