Aircraft Power Distribution Certification Engineer (m/f/d)

7 days ago
Full time role
In-person · Bruchsal, BW, DE... more

We are seeking a Power Distribution Certification Engineer to join our team. As a Power Distribution Certification Engineer, you will be responsible for capturing, maintaining and having in-depth discussions with the aviation certification agencies such as EASA, FAA and others related to electrical power distribution certification requirements and standards while ensuring that the aircraft's high voltage and low voltage power distribution systems and its components meet the applicable requirements. You will play a critical role in reviewing design data, testing, inspection, and analysis documentation that enables the certification of the Power Distribution System while integrated to its applicable aircraft electrical, mechanical, thermal, and logical interfaces. Your strong knowledge electrical related standards and your communication skills will be essential in driving the Power Distribution System design towards optimal performance and compliance. 

Your mission during this flight: 

  • Work in close collaboration with other Power Distribution System Engineers to guide and review the design and life cycle data pertaining the development of high voltage and low voltage power distribution components such as high voltage power centers, circuit breaker panels, low voltage emergency batteries and overhead HV and LV electrical control panels. 
  • Act as a Compliance Verification Engineer in the Design Organization Approval executing the compliance verification activities as demanded by Volocopter’s CVE scope. 
  • Be the focal point in the Power Distribution System team with EASA and other certification agencies while organizing and defining the closure or mitigation plan to address action items raised by the authorities on design and documents related to the development of the Power Distribution System. 
  • Represent the Power Distribution System team in EUROCAE’s WGs 112 SG-1 and 116 SG-1 and other relevant industry working groups (e.g. SAE, RTCA, ASML) discussing aviation electrical power distribution certification. 
  • Reviews internal and supplier’s design data (such as requirements specifications and design description documents), testing, inspection and analysis documentation that demonstrates compliance to the applicable system, subsystem and components certification requirements pertaining the Aircraft’s Power Distribution System according to its Certification Plan. 
  • Defines and discuss potential updates to the Electric Propulsion System Certification Plan that are related to detailed certification requirements means of compliance types (MOC1 to 9) pertaining the Power Distribution System. 
  • Reviews and discuss the extent of potential non-compliances or alternative show compliance methods to any certification requirements with the certification authorities. 
  • Closely collaborate with the design engineers to ensure that the Power Distribution System design and development activities meet all necessary certification requirements. 
  • Reviews suppliers and partners technical documentation for compliance demonstration and dispositions non-compliances, either accepting or challenging the suppliers based on fundamental technical and certification background. 
  • Collaborate with the test and verification teams to review test plans and setups to ensure successful certification compliance demonstration of the electrical power distribution system design.