Senior Technical Expert & Certification Specialist

Responsibilities

• Proposing and/or making findings of compliance with Standards of Airworthiness AWM 527/529 or US 14 CFR Part 27/29 and approving type design changes in avionics and electrical systems.
• Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills and technical expertise to meet Transport Canada Civil Aviation (and other international airworthiness) certification standards for light and transport category rotorcraft.
• Integral to addressing component and system obsolescence, supporting upgrades and expansions of existing aircraft capabilities, driving new product development, and contributing to Bell's continuing airworthiness initiatives and aircraft customization efforts.
• Requires a solid understanding of airborne avionics and electrical systems, along with a willingness to learn and apply accepted means of compliance to ensure adherence to applicable airworthiness standards.
• Determining the scope of investigations, reviewing data and reports, conducting inspections and engineering assessments, and witnessing components, ground, or flight tests necessary to establish compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Evaluating the adequacy and completeness of projects plans and the compliance data to ensure all certification standards are met.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical/mechanical/avionics engineering.
• Strong relevant experience in aerospace certification.
• Familiar with system and software integration, system safety assessments, validation and verification testing in systems integration labs, aircraft flight testing, aircraft/system qualification and certification processes.
• Experienced with the following certification actions:
• Solid understanding of aircraft avionics and electrical design requirements and the qualification/certification process
• Capable to conduct certification compliance data reviews and approvals, ensuring acceptance by regulatory authorities.
• Developed project certification plans, reviewing system performance test plans and procedures.
• Analyzed results contained in qualification reports for functional and certification testing at the component and system levels.
• Skilled in certification deliverables for installed or modified systems, such as Electrical loads, thermal analysis, and support for safety analyses, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF), and direct/indirect lightning compliance at both the system and aircraft levels.
• Experienced in providing technical directions to projects based on certification requirements and advisory materials.
• Experienced to oversee aircraft ground and flight testing for compliance data gathering.
• Working knowledge of SAE ARP 4754A, ARP 4761 or equivalent MIL standards
• Demonstrated and Working knowledge of RTCA/DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-461 and/or, MIL-STD-464
• Awareness of design assurance Levels in accordance with RTCA/DO-178
• Awareness of, RTCA/DO-311 and RTCA/DO-227
• PFD, MFD, EICAS, Cockpit controls, Digital Map
• AHRS, GPS, IFF, ADS-B, TCAS, ILS, Radar Altimeter, Air Data
• Automatic flight control management system
• Communications Systems: VHF/UHF, HF, SATCOM, Datalink, ICS
• CVR and FDR
• Electrical power generation, distribution, and protection (DC/AC, 28 V and HV systems)