Associate Director, Design Certification Engineering
RTX
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Iowa • United States
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Salary
💰 $157,200 - $298,800 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as a compliance evaluator, to review hardware engineering artifacts to find compliance to the applicable systems guidance, standards, and regulations including but not limited to TSOs, DO-254, DO-297, Advisory Circulars, Foreign Certification Memos, etc.
- Serve as compliance approver to formally approve engineering artifacts for compliance to the applicable guidance, standards, and regulations.
- Work with engineering to resolve findings of non-compliance to the applicable guidance, standards, and regulations.
- Provide certification interface with customers, design specialists, suppliers and subcontracts, allocating compliance demonstration expectations.
- Mentor engineering during the development of detailed planning in the context of a program team, including customization of development processes.
- Provide independent assessment of airworthiness process adherence.
- Assure that project planning is accomplished to the appropriate level of fidelity and that development teams are following appropriate processes.
- Understand and utilize internal processes, methods and tools for review and approval of engineering artifacts for compliance.
- Review metrics and defect trends, identify systemic root causes and process improvements.
- Recommend new approaches, tools and techniques that drive continuous improvement in development, review and approval processes.
- Maintain awareness of technology within the domains of their area of expertise and develop technology strategies for the domains in the area of expertise.
- Complete recurrent training expectations applicable for finding compliance to guidance, standards, and regulations.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience.
- 8 years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including up to 4 years of educational experience.
- Must have passed or be able to pass the TSO Compliance Representative (TCR) application/selection process to be nominated by Avionics Certification and authorized as a compliance approver.
- Have significant domain knowledge and knowledge of products, systems and applicable regulatory requirements for hardware.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Benefits
- 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!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
compliance evaluationengineering artifact reviewairworthiness process adherenceprocess improvementmetrics analysisdefect trend identificationdevelopment process customizationcertification interfaceroot cause analysisproject planning
Soft Skills
mentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
TSO Compliance Representative (TCR)