Airworthiness Engineer / Certification Project Manager (all gender)

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s hybrid-electric aviation with ATEA, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by STERNA, our in-house hybrid-electric propulsion system. We focus our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximise social acceptance.

If you are looking for a place where you will have a direct impact on very ambitious products, where you will work close to the hardware and where you can witness the result of your hard work quickly, board ATEA and come fly with us toward the future of aviation!

Your role: 🔎

Directly reporting to the Airworthiness Team Lead/Head of Airworthiness (HoA) in the Engineering Directorate, you will support activities of the Airworthiness office linked to approval of Flight Conditions and issuance of Permit to Fly for ATEA demonstrator.

You will act as Certification Project Manager (CPM), endorsing a coordination role consisting in liaising with EASA (meetings preparation, data exchanges, …), managing EASA database, compiling certification documents, and ensuring completeness of justification dossiers.

You will coordinate internally with all the specialists involved in certification activities, mainly in the Engineering Directorate. You will also interact with other directorates such as Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement. 

Your main responsibilities will be: 

- Liaise directly with EASA and internally coordinates as needed regarding :

• EASA meetings scheduling 

• Documents exchange with EASA

• Test scheduling.

- Liaise and coordinate with Ascendance APLs (Airworthiness Panel Leaders) and report to HOA for the:

• Progress of Certification Plans and Plans for the Approval of Flight Conditions and Permit to Fly

• Progress of CCL (Compliance Check List) completion

• Preparation of meetings with EASA

• Tests with EASA attendance (witnessing).

- Keep up-to-date the certification basis and the MOC catalog based on inputs from HOA, and manage the associated library of standards and ensures timely procurement and distribution of documents and updates. 

- For Permit to Flight,  monitor the adequate storage and archiving of: 

• Justifications documents

• Flight Conditions and configurations.

- For subsequent TC,  monitor the adequate storage and archiving of:

• All compliance documents

• Approved Manuals

• Type design definition documents.

Where do we stand? 

Founded on Ascendance's strong values, the whole team is involved in creating both innovative products to decarbonize aviation and an accurate company structure to support its fast development.

Full scale testbenches are ongoing while full scale aircraft development is running at full speed.

Sky's our limit, we are looking forward to the flight test campaign !

The job has been made for you if you: 🛠

• Have 2-3 years of experience in the aerospace industry with a minimum of 2 years of experience in an airworthiness and certification position

• Want to learn and grow on certification and airworthiness in the context of an innovative project 

• Like interacting with many actors and act as a coordinator

• Want to be an actor of an outstanding and challenging  adventure to obtain the Permit to Fly of ATEA demonstrator.

We are meant to work together if you: 💚

• You are willing to contribute to the development of the company 

• You want to impact the future of aviation and lead the transition

• You want to face complex but thrilling challenges

• You like to work in a dynamic environment 

• You are a real team player who wants to build a big success story with us

• You are curious and eager to learn.

What we offer: 

• Career booster: versatility, training opportunities, internal mobility

• Health insurance

• Restaurant tickets

• Holiday pay bonus

• Public transportation allowance

• Teleworking policy

• A flexible working environment

• Company events.

Recruitment process:🕐 

• Application evaluations (CVs….)

• Talent Interview

• Technical Interview

• Meet others Ascenders 

• Reference check.

Non-discrimination and diversity are our priorities. AFT is open to hire personalities with their own differences.