Hardware Certification Planning Engineer

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Position: Hardware Certification Planning Engineer
Location Irvine CA- Onsite only

Top must-have: Airborne Hardware Certification Statement of Involvement (SOI) DAL Determination Certification Planning Compliance Mapping.

Job Summary:
An Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) Certification Engineer guides electronic hardware through aviation regulatory compliance focusing heavily on RTCA DO-254 standards for complex custom micro coded components.

Key Responsibilities

• Certification Planning: Create and manage the Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification (PHAC) hardware verification plans and life cycle data.
• DO-254 Compliance: Ensure hardware design assurance levels (DAL A through E) are met particularly for high-integrity safety-critical systems (DAL-A/B).
• Artifact Generation: Produce review and maintain traceability matrices Hardware Requirements Documents (HRDs) Hardware Design Documents (HDDs) and configuration management records.
• FAA/Authority Liaison: Serve as the technical focal point during FAA audits design reviews and Statements of Involvement (SOI).

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related STEM field.
• Experience: 5 years of hands-on experience in avionics design assurance hardware verification
• Standards Knowledge: Deep familiarity with DO-254 Certification Guidelines DO-160 (environmental) and ARP4754A (system level).
• Audit Experience: Proven track record supporting formal FAA/EASA audits and managing conformity reviews
• Development of certification plans for airborne electronic hardware
• Experience with RTCA DO-254 compliance
• Hardware Design Assurance Level (DAL A-E) determination
• Hardware certification lifecycle planning and execution
• Certification basis development and compliance mapping

Required Skills

No of years of Exp

Hardware Certification Plan

Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH)

FAA/EASA audits SOI PHAC traceability

Hardware Design Assurance Level (DAL A/B)

Compliance Mapping / Compliance Matrix

Hardware Certification & Regulatory

certification/audit experience

Documentation & Artifacts

Certification Compliance

Certification document development

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