Senior Airworthiness Certification Engineer (DO-178C / DO-254)

2d2 days ago

Kearfott Corporation

US · Full-time · $120,000 – $170,000

About this role

Kearfott Corporation, founded in 1918, is a global Aerospace and Defense supplier and leader in precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. The Senior Airworthiness Certification Engineer supports the development, verification, and approval of safety-critical airborne systems by producing and managing airworthiness certification artifacts.

This role works closely with systems, software, hardware, and safety teams to ensure compliance with applicable airworthiness certification bases and industry standards, including RTCA/DO-178C and RTCA/DO-254. The engineer contributes to certification planning, lifecycle data audits, and accomplishment summaries for multiple platform integration spirals.

Daily work involves coordinating with certification authorities to identify required artifacts, developing compliance matrices, and producing the ACCR to document verification results. The position utilizes digital engineering tools and MBSE environments to generate certification artifacts in accordance with DI-SESS-81768 guidance.

Kearfott offers the opportunity to join a world-class workforce at a company recognized for technical expertise and respected worldwide as a full-service provider with over a century of innovation in aerospace and defense navigation systems.

Requirements

Experience producing and managing airworthiness certification artifacts for safety-critical airborne systems.
Proficiency with RTCA/DO-178C software certification objectives and lifecycle data requirements.
Proficiency with RTCA/DO-254 hardware certification objectives and lifecycle expectations.
Familiarity with Design Assurance Levels (DALs) and their application to development and verification activities.
Experience developing Plans for Software Aspects of Certification (PSAC) and Software Accomplishment Summaries (SAS).
Experience working within model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and digital engineering environments.
Knowledge of DI-SESS-81768 guidance for generating certification artifacts.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with certification authorities and internal stakeholders to identify required airworthiness artifacts derived from the platform’s Airworthiness Certification Basis.
Develop and maintain airworthiness compliance matrices for each platform and integration spiral.
Produce the ACCR, documenting verification results for applicable airworthiness certification criteria.
Plan software development and verification activities based on assigned Design Assurance Levels to meet RTCA/DO-178C objectives.
Develop and submit a Plan for Software Aspects of Certification (PSAC) for each software item, including Previously Developed Software.
Produce Software Accomplishment Summaries (SAS) in accordance with RTCA/DO-178C.
Plan hardware development and verification activities based on assigned DALs to meet RTCA/DO-254 objectives.
Develop and submit a PHAC for each hardware item, including Development Hardware and Previously Developed Hardware.