Airworthiness Engineer

Compliance Verification Lead/Airworthiness Engineer

Havant, Hampshire

Great salary, benefits, BUPA, 4 day work week, hybrid working

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) provides systems engineering, software development, training solutions and complex program management for global security, civil and commercial markets.

Simply stated, our mission is to be the world’s leading global security and aerospace company.

The role:

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Lockheed Martin team in Havant, Hampshire as a Compliance Verification Engineer.

We’ll provide you with meaningful work and education opportunities that will allow you to develop your skills and enhance your career with us, but equally important you can also enjoy a strong work life balance.

To ensure this we offer a flexible work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package to enable you to live a healthy fulfilling life in and outside of work.

Our 4 Flex working fortnight is a particular favourite amongst the team, giving you every Friday off, to spend more time doing the things you enjoy.

You will work mainly within the engineering team on Airborne Mission Systems, with particular focus on Merlin, a programme which Lockheed Martin has been involved with for around 30 years.

In addition, you will have opportunities to work both on our existing portfolio of programmes and future capabilities, which we want you to help shape.

You will work in a hybrid environment - home based, in the Havant offices and also in our customer sites in Crawley and Yeovil.

This would really suit you if you have a background in Aerospace compliance verification, or other highly regulated industries such as Automotive.

What will I be doing?

You will experience a wide range of engineering activities including:

• Performing Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) function iaw RA5850, MAA/RN/2020/17 and Lockheed Martin Design Organisation Exposition (DOE).
• Working to the Military Air System Certification Process (MACP):
• Reviewing and approving the classification of a change to determine the approval and assurance route to be followed, by independent review of the DAT Form 30 or equivalent
• Independent reviewing and approval of certification artefacts Type Certification Basis (TCB), Certification Programme (CP) and Type Certification Expositions (TCE) and iaw RA5820 and the Manual of Military Air System Certification (MMAC)
• Reviewing submissions for compliance to certification specifications such as Def Stan 00-970 or EASA CS
• Review and assess non compliances (NC) against certification specifications and review Equivalent Level of Safety (ELoS) arguments to gain acceptance of NC.
• Independent review and approval of Military Certification Review Items (MCRI).
• Reviewing, advising and approving system test plans, acceptance test documentation and qualification evidence.
• Managing your time and the teams time effectively to develop effective solutions to cost and quality targets.
• Working with suppliers and customer authorities to approve and review airworthiness documents and evidence submissions.
• Providing technical input to programme management and commercial.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients and suppliers across all levels of the organisation both internally and with the customer.

What’s in it for you?

• To be part of something challenging that gives you a chance to make a difference.
• Working with a supportive team who wants to see you thrive and grow.
• The opportunity to learn and master new skills.
• Inspiring and mentoring others to develop the next generation of system engineers.

Required skills, qualifications and experience:

• Extensive understanding and experience of certification regulations.
• Experience of compliance verification within aerospace or a similar highly regulated industry.
• Has worked as a technical authority role or similar regulatory role.
• Minimum 5 years relevant industry experience.
• The ability to make supportable airworthiness and safety decisions, on occasions with limited information.
• In-depth knowledge of air systems design and construction.
• Understanding of Test and Qualification procedures and practices, especially with regard to requirement sell off.
• Solid understanding of requirements definition and interface documentation required to support the development and acceptance of solutions.
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to write in a clear and concise manner.
• The ability to manage tasks and priorities to ensure that assigned workload is delivered when required.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on sometimes complex issues, topics and engineering principles and practices.

Desired skills, qualifications and experience

• Experience as a Tech lead or similar position.
• Completed Airworthiness of Military Aircraft Fundamentals (AMAC-F) or Practitioner (AMAC-P) course.
• Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence.

By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.

Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert.

In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process.

If you require assistance or adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] or call 023 92 458 000.