Head of Airworthiness, Configuration Management & Technical Publications (all genders)

Responsibilities

• Lead the Airworthiness Function within the EASA Part 21 Design Organisation and manage the execution of DOA privileges.
• Support DOA management activities, including the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of DOA procedures, handbooks, governance, and compliance processes.
• Oversee Configuration Management as Head of the function, ensuring controlled product configuration, configuration baselines, change control discipline, and alignment between certification, engineering, and programme needs.
• Oversee Technical Publications as Head of the function, ensuring timely, compliant, and high-quality publication deliverables, including manuals and continued airworthiness documentation where applicable.
• Serve as the primary interface with EASA and other regulatory authorities on certification, validation, airworthiness, operational suitability, and environmental matters.
• Lead and coordinate aircraft certification and validation programmes from planning through approval.
• Provide strategic airworthiness guidance to engineering, programme, quality, configuration management, technical publications, and executive management teams.
• Support continued airworthiness activities, service bulletins, manuals, occurrence investigations, complaints from operation, and regulatory actions where required.
• Being a member of the Design Organization leadership team.

Your profile

• Educated Engineering degree (BA Eng/Sc, MA Eng/Sc) in materials, aeronautics / aviation or mechanical
• 15+ years professional experience in relevant fields of aircraft development and support to in-service aircraft
• Wide proficiency of aircraft certification
• Thorough knowledge of the airworthiness requirements (CS/JAR/FAR-25, CS-CCD, CS-FCD, CS-MMEL, CS-SIMD, CS-FSTD) and minimum 5 years of experience in type investigation
• Profound knowledge of EASA Part 21
• Eligibility for, or previous approval as, an EASA Form 4 holder or equivalent.
• New product development experience of at least one new aircraft programme
• Communication and leadership skills
• Ability to prioritise, manage and execute multiple simultaneous tasks
• Assertive, proactive, innovative and creative
• Excellent written and spoken English; German language skills are an advantage

Benefits

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