Airworthiness Engineering Specialist I | General Dynamics

Job description

Responsibilities for this Position Airworthiness Engineering Specialist I Airworthiness Engineering Specialist I in GAC Savannah Unique Skills: Candidate must possess a unique blend of high-level aerospace technical expertise and strict regulatory compliance knowledge, ensuring aircraft safety and airworthiness standards.

Education and Experience

Requirements Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 5 years specific certification experience or 10 years broad engineering experience. Experience credit considered for related adv degrees limited to 2 yrs for Masters, 4 yrs for PhD in fields applicable to this job.

Position Purpose

Works independently to perform a variety of engineering and supportive tasks associated with the Compliance Assurance Organization, Organization Designation Authority, FAA, EASA and other foreign civil aviation authorities. Responsibilities include generating, processing, and supporting the review of engineering documentation required. for certification programs from project start to closure.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions: Prepares and develops complex certification plans describing the project scope, certification deliverables, means of compliance, and test/conformity requirements. Independently reviews certification deliverables to compare compliance checklist, compliance showing, and 8100-9 finding. Prepares TIA pre-requisites, draft TIA, and open projects/open PR memo. Hosts Pre-Flight Board Meeting with FAA.

Independently prepares Summary Compliance Reports . Creates and maintains of Project File for large or complex programs. Creates and submits correspondence with regulatory authorities as assigned. Develops TC and STC FCAA validation deliverables including application & classification, SSD & SEI effectivity, meeting agendas, presentation generation & review, presentation coordination for generation with Subject Matter Experts, TC & STC internal coordination and action tracking, FCAA responses, develops validation work plans, coordinates company responses for Issue papers / CRIs / CAIs, and the FAA responses , drafts VTC, VTCDS, and coordinate responses for closure of the validation project.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements

Working knowledge of Phases of TC, post-TC and STC certification projects, and the associated FAA Orders and Policy; ODA Procedures Manual and key differences in process between different types of projects; Part 25 regulations, how those regulations drive design and system redundancy requirements, and the supporting regulatory guidance material; Certification testing process and deliverables; Multiple aircraft systems interfaces and dependencies; Airworthiness limitations and associated regulations and operating requirements; Differing certification bases across the production models; Determining design changes (major/minor) and what systems and regulations may be impacted by those design changes, and Validation procedures, project classification and significant standards differences for EASA, Brazil, Canada and China.

This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Additional Information Requisition Number

232085 Category: Engineering Percentage of Travel: Up to 25% Shift: First Employment Type: Full-time Posting End Date: 10/30/2026 Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans Gulfstream does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position, unless the applicant is a currently sponsored Gulfstream employee. Legal Information | Site Utilities | Contacts | Sitemap Copyright 2025 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.

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