#ET18 Certification & Qualification Engineer (CQE) for Super Puma military contract (f/m)

Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Certification & Qualification Engineer (CQE) for Super Puma (f/m) to join our Design Office based in Marignane, France.

In this position, you will integrate the Initial Airworthiness Department of Airbus Helicopters, in the Super Puma CQE team. You will participate to the certification & qualification activities in the frame of a military contract.

Your working environment:

Major economic hub with Marseille-Provence Airport, Marignane is a dynamic city in the southeast of France. It is located near the cities of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, which host a rich cultural and tourist offer. Close to the beaches of the Côte Bleue, it offers many options for water sports activities.

How we care for you:

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.

• Work / Life Balance:  Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.

• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.

• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects  with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly.    Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

The Super Puma aircraft is making a strong comeback on the civil and military market. This results in the signature of new contracts. Each customer has very specific needs which requires design changes to be certified. It is the case for the EC725-AP (or H225M) to be delivered to the Netherlands Special Forces on which you will act.

The mission of the Certification and Qualification Engineer is mainly to lead the compliance demonstration to the applicable airworthiness requirements (FAR29/JAR29/CS29) for each new design. In the frame of contracts, he/she also needs to organise the justification to the customer contractual requirements. Moreover he/she has to lead the activities to demonstrate the safe flight capability of the helicopters when performing flight tests. Finally CQE is the main interface towards Airworthiness Authorities (civil and military) notably for major modifications.

Each project involves various contributors (Chief Engineering, System Design Responsibles, experts, customer support,  flight tests pilots & engineers, ..). As Super Puma CQE acting on this contract, you will have the opportunity to work on a large variety of topics on this highly equipped aircraft. This diversity will allow you to discover several technical domains as well as the full qualification process of an aircraft.
You will have to understand all the aspects of each modification project (technical content, configuration) you are managing in order to be able to establish the related certification program. This consists in the identification of all FAR29/JAR29/CS29 affected requirements, and proposal of the associated Means of Compliance. As CQE you have the full responsibility to establish a certification/qualification strategy, to harmonize it with all relevant Verification Engineers (CVE), to validate compliance documents and to support design changes approval.
 

Your challenges:

Your main responsibilities will include

• Project Management:
• Planning and piloting of certification / qualification activities in line with approval needs
• Follow-up and reporting on compliance demonstration activities progress, fixing hard points, and ensuring on-time completion of the activities,
• Ensuring interface with chief engineering and Authorities

Certification/Qualification activities:

• Identification and definition of the applicable Certification basis,
• Definition of certification logic, establishing corresponding plan,
• Leading the certification activities: reviewing and releasing all compliance documents, consolidating the results of the compliance demonstration and declaring compliance,
• Establishing Flight Conditions Approval files,
• To make design changes and flight conditions approved under DOA privileges or with Authorities

Your profile:

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Educated to a 5 years’ degree level (or equivalent) in Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of overall Engineering experience
• An experience of 1 to 3 years in the certification of helicopters as CVE / CQE or as Design Responsible would be highly appreciated
• Knowledge of the Super Puma would be a plus
• Rigor and structured mind
• Open minded, capability to face hypothesis evolutions
• Customer centric, ease with regulation
• Advanced level of French and English

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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Watch our video to get an overview of the Marignane site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrf44kIVUI

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe F12

Experience Level:

Entry Level

Job Family:

Qualification & Operability

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.