Avionics Systems Engineer
Permanent £70k - £75k Preston (4 days p/week on site

We are working with a Defence consultancy in the recruitment of a Avionics Systems engineer. You will be assisting with the qualification & certification activities for key avionics system updates. This is an important role in supporting the qualification of design changes across a number of avionics sub-systems, and the engineer will work closely with test, integration and support teams to release new capability in line with programme demands.

Required Skills (Technical Competency):

* Recent Military or civil aircraft Qualification & Certification experience

* Generation of Airworthiness and Flight Clearance documentation

* Working with other Avionics teams to plan and gather required qualification & certification inputs from SIL rig testing, flight trials, etc

* Assessment of Qualification & Certification evidence, identifying any shortfalls and their impact

* Ability to identify potential safety issues and liaise with appropriate teams to resolve

* Identifying and tracking dependencies

* Working closely with external assessor stakeholders (i.e. Qual & Cert / Airworthiness), to secure independent assessment and approval of Clearances

* Assessing the traceability of Clearance evidence

* Presentation of Certification evidence for formal sign off

* Tracking and managing Clearance baselines across complex product variants

* Supporting programme reviews, as required

Desired Skills:

* Qualifications: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field is preferred

* Knowledge of the Typhoon (or similar military aircraft) platform and the Qualification & Certification processes required (e.g. Eurofighter QAPs (Quality Assurance Policies), UK MAA certification processes (MACP / RA), EASA civil certification processes (CS-25)).

* Experience with JIRA agile project management tools

* Experience using Product Safety analysis processes and toolsets (e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, ISOgraph toolsets (i.e. Reliability Workbench)