Senior Manager, Airworthiness and Certification

About the Role:

• This role pairs deep civil certification expertise with people leadership for military airworthiness and cyber certification.
• You will own civil certification directly while leading the military airworthiness lead and cyber certification lead.
• Reporting to the VP of Airworthiness & Certification, you will enable robust, certifiable autonomous systems.

Responsibilities:

• Support current New Zealand CAANZ activities and lead civil certification strategy with FAA and foreign authorities.
• Manage all aspects of civil certification projects: process standardization, compliance strategies, issue papers, and risk assessments.
• Oversee military airworthiness certification strategy and cyber security certification strategy across programs.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of aerospace certification experience with significant FAA and foreign certification exposure.
• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or related field; master's preferred.
• Proven ability to lead certification of complex novel aircraft technologies and manage cross-functional teams.