Configuration Management Engineer - Aircraft Interiors

Our client is seeking an Engineering Specialist to support executive cabin interior engineering configuration activities for aircraft programs.

This role focuses on configuration management, build list development, certification coordination, and cross-functional engineering support rather than detailed design engineering.

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting aircraft interiors, certification requirements, and configuration management processes within a regulated aerospace environment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job
• Five (5) years in specific technical discipline or ten (10) years broad engineering experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelor's degree
• Experience credit considered for related advanced degrees limited to:
• 2 years for Master's degree
• 4 years for PhD in fields applicable to this job

Position Purpose:

• Assists with the planning, coordination, performance of design, analysis and liaison engineering supporting the development and production of client's products and services

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

• Contributes to planning, developing and coordinating of important engineering projects
• Provides specialized technical assistance to team members
• Uses advanced techniques and modified extension of theories to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Determines and develops own approach to solutions within schedule and cost objectives
• Works under limited supervision; work should only be required to be reviewed for accuracy and consistency with meeting overall objectives
• Acts as liaison with representatives outside of the assigned group/area

Additional Functions:

• Actively works to improve daily processes and ensures all work meets customer requirements
• Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product
• Perform other duties as assigned

Comments / Preferred Experience:

• Assist with executive cabin interior engineering design and configuration
• Assist in floorplan studies, feasibility assessments, build list updates, certification strategy, and customer change requests in alignment with Part 25 & 135 certification requirements (to include EWIS)
• Assist with the review of design data and translating it into aircraft build lists
• Act as liaison and coordinate with design engineering, certification/configuration management, sales & design, project engineers, and operations teams
• Assist in reviewing Certification Plans on Major Design Change (MDC) projects
• Experience with CATIA V5 and SmarTeam/Teamcenter preferred
• This position is within the Configuration Management group and is not a Design Engineering role

Other Requirements:

• Advanced degree in engineering related field preferred
• The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline